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1 dead, seven injured in four separate crashes Friday, in Iowa

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September 21st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Statewide) – The Iowa State Patrol reports one person died and seven others were injured in four separate crashes around the state, Friday.

The Patrol says 35-year-old Dustin B. West, of Hedrick died when his motorcycle struck a pickup truck just before 2-p.m. Friday, in Wapello County. The accident happened when the pickup truck, driven by 75-year-old Billy L. Skinner, of Ottumwa, turned in front of the motorcycle near Ottumwa. West died at the scene. Skinner was injured in the crash and transported to the hospital in Ottumwa.

Two men were injured in a crash that occurred at around 1:20-p.m. Friday, in Wayne County. The Patrol reports 79-year-old’s Roger Stroud and Danny Stubbs, both of Clio, were transported to the hospital in Corydon, after their SUV’s collided and rolled over into a ditch. The accident happened on a curve, when Stroud failed to yield half of the roadway.

A man from Manchester was injured at around 5-p.m. Friday in Delaware County, when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve near Hopkinton, and drove off the road and into a ditch. 51-year-old Lonnie Gene Deitrick was flown by helicopter from the scene to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.

And, at around 6:20-p.m., Friday, a man on a motorcycle and his passenger were injured in Warren County, when a car turned in front of the motorcycle on Highway G-58/Hwy 65 at 160th Avenue. The operator of the motorcycle, 34-year-old Levi Woldt, and his passenger, 29-year-old Shelby Wambold, both of Lacona, were ejected from the cycle and flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. The driver of the car, 22-year-old Finnegan Ritchie, of Traverse City, Michigan, was transported by Milo EMS to Mercy Hospital.

All four crashes remain under investigation.