Clarion, IA : Teen, 5-year-old dead in Wright County car-truck crash on Friday evening, September 5, 2014
Two people are dead after a semitrailer and a car collided Friday evening in Wright County.
The crash happened at the intersection of 140th Street and Ida Avenue near Clarion when a Chevy Coupe ran into the truck’s trailer, lodging itself into the wheel area.
Two of the four passengers in the car were killed. A report by the Iowa State Patrol said 19-year-old Frankie Miranda and a 5-year-old were found dead at the scene of the accident. The report also said the victims were not wearing seat belts.
Authorities were already looking for the driver of the car, Dustin Shackelford.
The station reported that the Britt Police Department received a report of a custody dispute from Ashley Shackelford who said Dustin Shackelford went against his restraining order and took his two kids without permission.
The report also said he fled from the house, later getting into an accident that killed one of his children, KIMT reported.
The crash report stated that a 2-year-old was on board the Coupe and was injured in the crash.
"He had no business to be with them, but right now right now my focus is my daughter and my granddaughter and anything that I can do to help get them through this,” said Raymie Luse, grandfather.
The driver of the truck was not reported as injured, and the condition of Shackelford and the 2-year-old are not known at this time.
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2 dead in collision, including 5-year-old