Two Iowans died in separate crashes Sunday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports the first accident happened at around 2:30-p.m. Sunday in southern Iowa’s Clarke County. Authorities say a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by 33-year old Gregory A. Patterson, of Des Moines, was traveling south on 330th Street at a high rate of speed, when the vehicle went onto the left shoulder. Patterson over-corrected and drove onto the right shoulder, causing the car to go out of control and roll over several times.

Patterson died from his injuries. Two passengers in the vehicle, 20-year old Wyatt A. Pett, of Garden Grove, and 17-year old Ryan G. Coe, of Osceola, refused medical treatment at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

The second accident happened at around 2:55-p.m. Sunday, in northern Iowa’s Worth County. The Patrol says a 2017 Nissan Murano, driven by 61-year old Peggy Julseth, of Kensett, was westbound in the eastbound lane of travel. Curtis Johnson, of Lake Mills, was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram, and was unable to avoid hitting the SUV. The vehicles collided near the intersection of 410th Street and Jonquil Avenue. Both drivers were transported to a local hospital, where Julseth died from her injuries.

The accident remains under investigation.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man for Public Intoxication, Sunday night. 20-year old Dylan Thomas Griffeth, of Red Oak, was taken into custody near 4th and Market Streets at around 11-p.m., and transported to the Montgomery County Jail. His bond was set at $300.

(Radio Iowa) — A child was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Linn County on Saturday afternoon.The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a child was struck by a vehicle south of Central City on Highway 13 around 4:30. When they arrived on the scene, they found three-year-old Hunter Lee Perez injured and lying on the shoulder of the road.

The vehicle that struck Perez had left the scene. Perez was airlifted to University Hospitals in Iowa City with serious injuries. The driver has not yet been identified. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information on the identify of the driver to contact their office.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — One person is dead after fire broke out an apartment complex in Indianola. KCCI-TV reports that the fire was reported at 6:37 a.m. Sunday at Foxwood Apartments. The apartment belonged to a 64-year-old woman. An autopsy will be conducted to determine if she was the person killed in the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but authorities say foul play is not suspected.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 will finally be laid to rest in his home state. The Des Moines Register reports that William James Shanahan Jr. of Cedar Rapids was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that pushed the U.S. into World War II, but his remains went unidentified for 78 years. DNA donated by his sister led to a match in May. Burial is Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Ames has been awarded a $1.66 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to put more electric buses into the city’s public transportation fleet. The city recently announced that CyRide will use the money to replace several diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. The public transportation entity will also buy battery chargers/dispensers and complete facility modifications to support the technology.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man is charged with first-degree murder in what police say was the city’s 10th homicide of 2019. Police responded to a call about a shooting Saturday afternoon and found the body of 45-year-old John Lee Belcher of Des Moines inside a home. Charges were filed against 47-year-old Stanley Paul Wofford of Des Moines. Witnesses told police they heard four to six gunshots. Police have not disclosed a potential motive.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — One person is dead after fire broke out an apartment complex in Indianola. KCCI-TV reports that the fire was reported at 6:37 a.m. Sunday at Foxwood Apartments. The apartment belonged to a 64-year-old woman. An autopsy will be conducted to determine if she was the person killed in the blaze.

The cause of the fire has not been determined, but authorities say foul play is not suspected. The American Red Cross says more than two dozen people were displaced by the fire.