(Radio Iowa) – A wrong-way crash near Webster City claimed two lives. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office was notified just after noon Wednesday of a white pickup truck that had entered the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 20 at the Webster City exit and was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes.
Law enforcement authorities were dispatched to the area in an attempt to intercept the wrong-way vehicle. Before emergency responders could arrive, the vehicle traveling in the wrong direction collided head-on with a westbound vehicle. Both drivers died of their injuries in Wednesday’s accident. The State Patrol late Thursday morning identified the victims as 69-year-old Joseph Kennedy, of Alden, IA, who died at the scene, and 40-year-old Aaron Scott Gomez, of Harlingen, TX, who died at a local hospital.
For several hours Wednesday, the westbound lane of Highway 20 was closed to allow emergency personnel and investigators process the accident scene.
