A head-on crash that occurred during the early morning hours of June 9th in Dallas County has claimed a second life. Family members report 20-year old Jesse Leeper, of Adair, died early this (Wednesday) morning at a hospital in Iowa City. Leeper was the driver of a car that was struck head-on by an SUV that was heading the wrong direction on Interstate 80. The driver of the SUV, 24-year old Megan Wakeham, of West Des Moines, also died in the crash that happened about a mile east of Earlham.
A third person, 49-year old Lori Wallace, of Greenfield, was injured in the crash when her SUV hit the rear of Leeper’s car. Two passengers in Leeper’s car suffered non-life threatening injuries.