(Johnson County, Iowa) – A multi-vehicle accident Sunday evening south of Kalona, in eastern Iowa, resulted in one dead and four others injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash happened at around 5:36-p.m., when a 2015 Jeep Cherokee driven by 41-year-old Thomas Richard Hebel Perkins, of Cedar Rapids, failed to stop on westbound 140th Street. approaching the intersection with Highway 1.

The Jeep collided with the rear portion of a camper being pulled by a pickup, that was traveling north on Highway 1, and driven by 63-year-old Randy Rae Rouse, of Mechanicsville. The Jeep then went through the rear portion of the camper and struck a 2018 Toyota RAV 4 SUV on the driver’s side. That vehicle was being driven by 77-year-old Usha Malik, of Iowa City.

A 2011 Honda CRV driven by 22-year-old Beckyy Lu, of Bettendorf, struck debris and flying debris from the camper.  The  Patrol says Usha Malik died at the scene. Thomas Perkins and his passengers, 34-year-old Samantha Perkins, and a one-year-old child. all from Cedar Rapids, along with 46-year-old Matthew John Charles, of Paris, France, were injured in the crash. All were transported to the UIHC in Iowa City.

Thomas Perkins was flown to the hospital  by helicopter. The others were taken by Johnson County Ambulance. The crash remains under investigation.