1 person killed in Union County crash
Investigators continue to look into this crash
Investigators continue to look into this 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.