Des Moines, IA : Lohrville woman dies in crash on May, Tuesday, 16th 2017
A fatal head-on collision was just one of three serious traffic accidents that happened over the weekend in three counties.
The fatality happened Friday in Calhoun County, while one serious injury accident happened in Wright County on Saturday and the third was Sunday in Hamilton County.
The Iowa State Patrol is investigating all three crashes.
Calhoun County
The fatal head-on collision happened near Twin Lakes Friday evening.
Deana Benchek, 44, of Lohrville, died in the crash.
The ISP said Benchek was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer southbound on Iowa Highway 4, north of U.S. Highway 20.
She crossed the center line and collided head-on with a semi tractor trailer, driven by Jamie Manwarren, 43, of Emmetsburg.
Bencheck was pronounced dead at the scene.
She was the only one in the Trailblazer, the ISP reported.
Hamilton County
Authorities on Monday released the names of the people involved in a one-vehicle rollover accident northwest of Webster City Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m.
Nathan Reed, 18, of Webster City, and Nicole Sweazey, 18, of Duncombe, were in a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier that was westbound on 210th Street a half mile west of Fenton Avenue in Hamilton County.
The driver lost control on the gravel road, over-corrected and entered the north ditch, rolling multiple times.
Both Reed and Sweazey were ejected.
It is not known who was driving.
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Lohrville woman dies in crash