The Iowa State Patrol reports two people died and three others were injured in two separate Iowa crashes, Thursday. An accident at around 4:10-p.m. in Appanoose County resulted in the death of a man from Milo. The Patrol says a 2003 Buick LeSabre driven by 59-year-old Wesley Laverne Devore, of Milo, was traveling north on Highway T-30, at the same time a 2002 Chevy Express van driven by 55-year-old Jonathan Wayne Dorman, of Exline, was traveling southbound. The Buick crossed the center-line of the road and struck the van head-on.

Devore died in the crash. His passengers, 78-year-old Wortha May Devore, and 81-year-old Robert Wesley Devore, both of Promise City, were injured, along with the driver of the van. The passengers in the Buick were not wearing seat-belts. Wortha Devore was flown by AirEvac to a hospital in Des Moines. Robert DeVore and Jonathan Dorman were taken by ambulance to the hospital in Centerville.

And, at around 2:15-p.m., Thursday, one-person died when a semi tractor-trailer hit the rear of a car, in Cedar County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the semi, driven by 27-year-old Adam Weise, of Lowden (IA) was traveling east on Highway 30. A 2015 Chevy Malibu driven by *59-year-old Loretta J. Frana, of Lowden (IA) was turning onto Taylor Avenue from eastbound Highway 30, when it was struck by the semi. The semi came to rest on the shoulder of the road. The car came to rest in the southeast ditch. The Loretta Frana died at the scene.