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(Update) 3rd person dies from I-29 crash in Harrison County

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September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier reports, the Iowa State Patrol says a third person has died as the result of a crash on Interstate 29 in Harrison County, Sunday. Two other people were injured. 80-year-old Rock Valley resident Richard Van Zee drove off the road, across the median and hit two vehicles traveling south near Little Sioux. His car sideswiped one vehicle and then hit a pickup truck carrying three people from Indiana. The accident happened at around 6:15-p.m.

Van Zee and 77-year-old Mary Ann Van Zee were killed in the crash. Knightstown, Indiana resident, 65-year old Elizabeth Cobbs,  who was in the back seat of the pickup and also died. The driver of the pickup, 66-year old Michael Gerrish and his other passenger, 52-year old Melinda Gerrish, both from Shirley, IN, were injured.

The accident remains under investigation.