The Iowa State Patrol says the collision between a train and a pickup truck in Clarke County also resulted in the deaths of 14-year-old Brooklyn Eggers and 15-year-old Gavin J. Werner, both of Murray. The crash happened on a Level B road at around 4:30-p.m., Thursday. The driver of the pickup, 16-year-old Tyson S. Nall, of Murray, was injured and flown to a hospital in Des Moines, where remains in serious condition as of the latest report. All four of the teens went to school in the Murray Community School District. BNSF officials confirmed no employees were injured.

The Patrol says the 2000 Chevy pickup the teens were in was traveling east on Kansas Street in rural Clarke County when it was struck on the passenger side by a northbound train at a marked railroad crossing. Eggers and Werner died at the scene. BNSF stated that the crossing had gate arms, flashing lights and bells. The collision remains under investigation.

Thursday night, one person from Waterloo died and three others were injured, when a pickup cross the grass median dividing north and southbound traffic, and collided with an SUV in Bremer County. The crash happened on Highway 218 at Edgebrook Drive. Both drivers were injured. The pickup driver was identified as 59-year-old Terry Dawes. The driver of the SUV, was 36-year-old Willie Walker. A passenger in the Walker vehicle, 27-year-old Azra Ponjevic, died at the scene. Two other passengers in the SUV, 25-year-old Eric Bickerstaff and Necmurie Cruz, were injured. All of the injured were transported to area hospitals in Waterloo. Only one of the victims was wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.

Friday afternoon, three people died and one person was injured in a collision between a car and a semi in Fayette County. The State Patrol reports a 2010 Chevy Impala driven by a 65-yearold from North Liberty, was traveling north on Highway 150, when it crossed the center line of the road and collided with a southbound 2021 Freightliner semi head-on. The driver of the car, and two passengers, an 18-year old from North Liberty and a nine-year-old from Amana, died in the crash. A 15-year old passenger in the car was injured and transported to the local hospital. No names have been released. The crash remains under investigation.

And, later in the afternoon on Friday, a 71-year-old woman from Denver, Iowa died in a crash between her 2001 Ford Ranger and a 2012 Chrysler van, in Black Hawk County. The Patrol says Evelyn Rogers‘ pickup was traveling south on V-25 and stopped at the intersection with C-57, before she pulled out into the path of the van, driven by 48-year-old Brian Moulds, of Dunkerton. When the pickup was struck broadside, Rogers – who was not wearing a seat belt – was ejected and pronounced dead at Unity Point Hospital. Moulds was wearing a seat belt and was injured, but was not transported to the hospital.