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Patrol identifies 4 killed in eastern Iowa crash

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March 19th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Clinton County, Iowa) –  The Iowa State Patrol, late Friday night, released the identities of four people who died and one who was injured, during a head-on crash Wednesday evening, in eastern Iowa. All of the victims were from Clinton. The Patrol says a 2014 Chevy Cruze driven by 90-year-old Donald June Bartels, was traveling westbound on Highway 136 at around 4:54-p.m., when the vehicle collided with an eastbound 2014 Honda Odyssey van, driven by 94-year-old Benjamin Early Ehrhart. Both drivers died.

Two passengers in the van, 91-year-old Donna Mae Ehrhart, and 81-year-old Phyllis Ann Krogman, also died. Another passenger in the van, 87-year-old Robert Grego Krogman, was seriously injured and transported by ambulance to the hospital, in Clinton. Three of the victims were not wearing seat belts (Donald & Donna Ehrhart, and Phyllis Krogman).

The crash remains under investigation.