Officials identify 2 people killed in eastern Iowa crash
September 30th, 2017 by Ric Hanson
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Officials have identified two people killed in a head-on crash in eastern Iowa. The Linn County Sheriff’s office said Saturday in a news release that 22-year-old Kaelonnie Moore and 43-year-old Darla Moander, both of Cedar Rapids, where killed in the late Friday night crash.
Officials say the crash happened on Highway 151 near Cedar Rapids when a southbound vehicle tried to pass another car and hit a northbound vehicle head-on. Investigators say Moore was passenger in the passing vehicle and Moander was the driver and lone occupant of the northbound vehicle.
Deputies say the 22-year-old Cedar Rapids woman driving the southbound vehicle was taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
The crash remains under investigation.