Rock Valley, Iowa — Three people were killed, and two others hurt, in a crash Sunday night on Interstate 29 in Harrison County.
The Iowa State Patrol says a 2017 Cadillac XTS driven by 80-year old Richard Lee Van Zee, of Rock Valley, for some reason drove off the left side of I-29 near mile marker 99, entered the median and the southbound lanes of the Interstate, where it sideswiped a southbound 2005 Chrysler 300 driven by 31-year old Saul Escobedo Gonzales, of Des Moines. The Cadillac then hit a 2008 Ford F-450 truck that was behind the Chrysler.
Authorities say Van Zee was transported to the hospital in Missouri Valley, where he died. His passenger, Seventy-seven year old Mary Van Zee, was airlifted to a Sioux City hospital, where she passed away.
The Iowa State Patrol says a passenger in one of the other vehicles, 65-year old Elizabeth J. Cobbs, of Knightstown, Indiana, was transported to the hospital in Onawa, where she died from her injuries.
Troopers say 66-year-old Michael E. Gerrish, of Shirley, Indiana, and 52-year-old Melinda A. Gerrish, also of Shirley, Indiana, were injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
