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(Updated w/names) 2 dead, 3 injured in NE IA SUV rollover

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December 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Cresco, Iowa) – IN an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol, Sunday, identified the five juvenile victims of an SUV rollover accident that took place late Friday night, in northeastern Iowa’s Winneshiek County.

Authorities say the driver of a 2000 Ford Explorer, 18-year-old Dalton Hemesath, of Ridgeway (Iowa), and a passenger, 18-year-old Karter Einck, of Decorah, died in the crash. Three other passengers were injured. They included 17-year-old’s Emmitt Stemper and Brendan Hunter, along with 18-year-old David Kfeitzer, all of Decorah. Stemper was transported by air ambulance to Gunderson Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. The other two were transported to the hospital in Cresco. None of the occupants were wearing a seat belt.

The Iowa State Patrol says the SUV was traveling north on County Road W-14 at around 10:30-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control east of Cresco and slide sideways before entering the west ditch at Pole Line Road. The SUV rolled three times in the ditch before coming to rest on its wheels.