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1 dead, 1 injured in a Corvette rollover accident near De Soto

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October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(DeSoto, Iowa) – A single-vehicle rollover accident in Dallas County, Sunday afternoon, claimed the life of one man and resulted in injuries to another. Both were from Earlham. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 1980 Chevy Corvette driven by 19-year-old Samuel Wayne Kasap, entered westbound Interstate 80 from the DeSoto on-ramp at around 1:17-p.m, and accelerated to a high rate of speed.

The car went out of control about a one-mile west of the exit, and rolled into the median as well as the cable barrier. The vehicle came to rest in the eastbound lanes. Neither of the occupants were wearing a seat belt, and both were ejected.

Samuel Kasap died at the scene. His passenger, 24-year-old Maximilian Vincent Kasap, was injured and transported by Dallas County Rescue to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines. The accident remains under investigation.

Just two hours later and a few miles the east, a minivan slammed into the back of a semitruck. The semitruck was stopped because of the first crash. The driver of the minivan died. Investigators have not released that person’s name.