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2 hurt in SE IA crash, Sunday

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February 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Two people from southeast Iowa were injured during a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning, in Henry County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 19-year old Wyatt R. Barbison, of Brighton, was flown by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, after he failed to negotiate a right turn at the intersection of Ash Avenue and 120th Street. The SUV went off the west side of the road and struck a tree. The accident happened at around 7:35-a.m.

A passenger in the vehicle, 19-year old Nathaniel B. Reynolds, of Mt. Pleasant, was also injured. No report on their conditions was immediately available. The Patrol says neither man was wearing a seat belt. The accident remains under investigation.