Two people died and a total of four people were injured during separate crashes Monday, in Iowa. The State Patrol says 17-year old Noah Moore, of Madrid, died in a Hardin County crash between a car and a semi at around 12:47-p.m.

Noah was a passenger in a 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by 20-year old Jayden Moore, also of Madrid. The vehicle was traveling south on County Highway S-27, at the same time a 2001 Peterbilt semi driven by 61-year old Keith Hinders, of Eldora, was traveling eastbound on County Highway D-20. The vehicles collided at the intersection.

Noah Moore – who was not wearing a seat belt – died at the scene. Jayden Moore, and his other passenger, 17-year old Elijah Moore, along with Hinders (all of whom were wearing seat belts), were transported to a hospital in Des Moines.

The second fatal crash happened in Cedar County, at around 6:02-p.m., Monday. The Patrol says a 2007 Chevy Impala and a 2016 Ford F-350 pickup collided in the 1800 block of Iowa Highway 38. One of the victims died from their injuries. The other was transported to the University of Iowa Hospital for treatment of their injuries. No names had been released as of early Tuesday morning, pending notification of family.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — New U.S. Census estimates show Iowa’s population continued to increase slowly in the last year and now numbers 3,155,070. The July 1, 2019, estimate released Monday was up 108,199 from the 2010 population. Iowa’s population would have been significantly lower if not for international migration, which since 2010 has added nearly 48,000 people to the state. That migration offset nearly 30,000 residents who moved from Iowa to other states during that period. The national population was estimated at 328.2 million.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has approved a competency evaluation of a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally running over a girl she believed was Mexican. Nicole Poole’s attorney told a judge Monday that he thinks Poole has a mental disorder and is incompetent to stand trial. The Des Moines Register reports that prosecutors didn’t fight the defense request for a competency evaluation. Poole is accused of throwing items at a store clerk and directing racial epithets at him and customers and of intentionally hitting a 14-year-old Hispanic girl and a 12-year-old black boy with her vehicle. Both children survived.

(Radio Iowa) — An Elgin man is facing multiple charges following an early Sunday morning incident outside an Elgin bar. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Wyatt Guyer was arrested Sunday afternoon at his home without incident. Authorities say he was charged with attempted murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon with intent, second-degree criminal mischief, assault with a firearm and assault with intent to inflict serious injury. The Fayette County Sheriff’s office says Guyer is being held in the Fayette County Jail on 25-thousand dollars bond.