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Friday, April 24, 2015According to the report, Edwards was driving a pickup northbound on 86th Avenue when she lost control while traveling down a hill. The truck then slammed into a railing and rolled, landing on its top in a creek, killing both victims.
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Friday, April 24, 2015Ellien Edwards was driving down 86th Avenue, a limestone gravel road, when she lost control of her car while going down a hill. Her car went through the railing on a bridge and lended in a creek. Ellien and her two-year-old son Joseph were killed in the accident. Some citizens of Jackson County are advocating for a change in the gravel the county uses on its roads. The limestone mixture is all that the county budget allows for, but provides poor traction.
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Des Moines-Ames, IAAn Iowa teenager died and his passenger was able to escape serious injury after their truck crashed through barricades and landed in a creek. Zachary Meacham, 17, of Guthrie Center, was killed in the crash Wednesday at Brushy Creek in Guthrie County. His passengers' condition wasn't immediately reported. The truck crashed into the barricades and drove off an 18-foot drop into the creek, landing upside down and submerged in water. Meacham was found deceased inside the vehicle. Police say he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.