(Warren and Delaware Counties) – Three people, a teenager and two adults, died Saturday in two separate Iowa crashes. According to the Iowa State Patrol a teenage passenger in a Ford Focus died during a crash that occurred at around 3:40-p.m., Saturday, between Carlisle and Hartford. The accident happened when the car went out of control as it was on eastbound Highway 5 near 200th Avenue.

When the car left the road, the driver, 16-year-old Isabella Ashford, of Pleasantville, over-corrected, causing the vehicle to enter a ditch sideways. The car rolled over at least once, officials say, and came to rest on the driver’s side. A front seat passenger, 16-year-old Donald O’Neil McCormick, of Pleasantville, died at the scene. Isabelle Ashford was transported by Hartford Ambulance to Blank Children’s Hospital for treatment of her injuries. Both teens were wearing their seat belts.

Carlisle Police, Hartford Fire/Rescue and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

The second accident happened at around 6:15-p.m. southeast of Hopkinton, in Delaware County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2006 Volkswagen Beetle driven by 44-year-old Bobbi Jo Bauers, of Delhi (IA), was southbound on Iowa Highway 38, when it crossed the center-line of the road and struck a northbound Chevy pickup truck head-on near 310th Avenue. The driver of the pickup was identified as 33-year-old Anthony Nile Mentzer, of Monticello. Both drivers – who were wearing their seat belts – died at the scene.

The Patrol was assisted by the Delaware and Jones County Sheriff’s Offices, along with Hopkinton Fire and EMS.