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2 fatal accidents in eastern IA Tue. night

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November 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Two people died and another was injured during two separate crashes Tuesday night in eastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 17-year old male died in a rollover accident in southeast Iowa’s Marion County. The Patrol says the teen was driving a 2000 Chevy S-10 pickup too fast on a 90% ice and snow packed road south of Pleasantville at around 7:50-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control and rolled into a ditch before landing on its top. The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and died at the scene. His name was not immediately released.

The second accident happened in Marshall County, when a 1998 Chevy K-1500 pickup driven by 21-year old Kyle Borota, of Garwin, went out of control on a gravel road and entered a farm field before rolling over. Borota was ejected from the truck as it rolled. He was not wearing a seat belt. His passenger, 18-year old Cole Purdy, of Marshalltown, was injured and transported to Unity Point by ambulance. Purdy was also not wearing a seat belt.