Skip to content
NOWCAST KCCI News at 6am Weekday Morning
Live Now
Advertisement

1 person killed in Union County crash

Investigators continue to look into this crash

1 person killed in Union County crash

Investigators continue to look into this crash

KCCI, EIGHT NEWS AT 10:00. ONE PERSON IS DEAD, ANOTHER HURT AFTER A CRASH IN CRESTON LAST NIGHT. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS A SPEEDING DRIVER LOST CONTROL, HIT A PARKED CAR AND THEN DAMAGED TWO HOUSES. THE DRIVER WAS BADLY HURT AND A PASSENGER WA
Advertisement
1 person killed in Union County crash

Investigators continue to look into this crash

One person was killed and another was injured Saturday night in a crash in Creston.Iowa State Patrol says a vehicle was going southbound on Highway 25 and Sumner Avenue at high speed just before 10 p.m. The driver lost control near the intersection of Sumner and Howard streets, and hit a parked car and the front of two houses, causing the vehicle to flip over. The driver was transported to a Des Moines hospital with life-threatening injuries.The passenger died from injuries in the crash. Investigators continue to look into the crash.According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 213 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That's 20 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.

One person was killed and another was injured Saturday night in a crash in Creston.

Iowa State Patrol says a vehicle was going southbound on Highway 25 and Sumner Avenue at high speed just before 10 p.m. The driver lost control near the intersection of Sumner and Howard streets, and hit a parked car and the front of two houses, causing the vehicle to flip over.

Advertisement

The driver was transported to a Des Moines hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The passenger died from injuries in the crash.

Investigators continue to look into the crash.

According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 213 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That's 20 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.