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2 injured 1 killed in Dallas County crash

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July 4th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Two Central Iowans were injured and a man from southern Iowa was killed late Wednesday during a collision in the Dallas County town of Dallas Center. The Iowa State Patrol reports the drivers the vehicles, 23-year old Michael James McAfee, of Adel, and 58-year old Kent Winslow Mills, of Dallas Center, were injured. A passenger in one of the cars, 31-year old Gregory Dean Anderson, of Chariton, was killed.

Officials say a 1994 Buick Century driven by McAfee, was traveling west on 250th Street at around 10-p.m., when he failed to stop at the stop sign with U Avenue and was hit on the passenger side by Mills’ southbound 2009 Chevy Cobalt. After the collision, both vehicles came to rest in the southwest ditch, where the Century rolled onto its top.

McAfee was flown by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Mills was also injured, but the Patrol’s report did not indicate if he was transported to the hospital. Officials say he was wearing his seat belt. Anderson, who died at the scene, was also wearing a seat belt.