(Madison and Jones County, Iowa) – Two people died and one person was injured, during separate accidents Monday in Iowa. According to the Iowa State Patrol, an accident in eastern Iowa’s Jones County claimed the life of one of the crash victims, while another was injured. As of this (Tuesday) morning, no names had been released. The Patrol says the accident happened at around 8:10-a.m. at Highway 151 and South Circle Drive, in Anamosa.

Authorities say the driver of a car failed to yield the right-of-way to a pickup truck, as the car entered into the traveled portion of Highway 151 southbound from Circle Drive. The car was hit on the driver’s side by the pickup. One of the victims died at the scene. The other was transported by Anamosa Ambulance to the Jones Regional Medical Center. Both crash victims were wearing their seat belts.

The second crash, a single-vehicle accident, happened at around 5:30-p.m., Monday, in the 4400 block of SW Grand Prairie Parkway, in West Des Moines (Madison County). The Patrol says a Mini Cooper driven by 25-year-old Nicholas James Henry, of Truro, was traveling south at a high rate of speed (according to witness statements), and failed to maintain control. The car struck a curb  and rolled multiple times before coming to an uncontrolled resting position on the east side of the road. The State Patrol says Nicholas Henry was ejected from the car. He was not wearing a seat belt. The man died from his injuries at the hospital.