(Dubuque, Iowa) – In an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol today (Friday), identified the victims of a crash that took place Thursday afternoon, south of Dubuque. Authorities say 64-year-old Raymond S. Seeley and 62-year-old Deana K. Seeley, both of Sterling, IL, died when a semi tractor-trailer struck their SUV. The driver of the semi, 48-year-old William S. James, of Amarillo, TX, was injured.

The Patrol says the accident happened at around 1-p.m. Thursday, at the intersection of Skyline Road and U-S Highway 15, when Raymond Seeley, who was driving a 2023 Subaru Ascent SUV,failed to obey a stop sign and yield the right-of-way to a semi tractor-trailer before the SUV was struck by the semi.

Raymond Seeley died at the scene. His passenger, Deana Seeley, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital and later flown by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, where she later died from her injuries.