(Statewide News) – Three separate crashes Tuesday in Iowa claimed four lives. According to the Iowa State Patrol, one person died during a collision northeast of Carroll, between a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck Tuesday afternoon, in Carroll County. A 2014 International truck driven by 63-year-old Michael O’Keefe, of Kingsley, was traveling north on Noble Avenue at around  1:50-p.m., at the same time a 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 65-year-old Ronald Eischeid, of Carroll, was traveling east on 150th Street. When the International truck failed to stop at the posted intersection, it was struck by the pickup on the driver’s side trailer portion of the vehicle. Ronald Eischeid died at the scene. Michael O’Keefe was not injured.

An accident in eastern Iowa, near Blessing, Tuesday afternoon, resulted in the death of a person from Mondamin. The State Patrol says a Chevy pickup was traveling east on Tama Road at around 3:50-p.m., when the 20-year-old driver from Cedar Falls stopped at Highway 63, but then failed to yield to a southbound Kenworth tractor-trailer. The semi struck the pickup on the left front side, causing the semi to go out of control before it tipped-over and entered the west ditch.  The 37-year-old driver of the semi died from their injuries. No names were released.

And, at around 7:30-a.m. Tuesday, two-people died in a crash in eastern Iowa’s Wayne County. The State Patrol says 84-year-old Larry Gene McDaniel and 70-year-old Linda Darlene McDaniel, both of Exline, died, when a pickup driven by 19-year-old Adrian Cooper Boggs, of Humeston, crossed the center line of Highway 2 as it was traveling eastbound and rounding a curve. The pickup and a westbound Toyota Camry driven by Larry McDaniel collided head-on. Larry and Linda McDaniel died at the scene. Their bodies have been taken to the State Medical Examiner for autopsies. Boggs was flown by medical helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines for treatment of his injuries. All of the accident victims were wearing their seat belts. The crash remains under investigation.