A central Iowa woman was killed and two Adair County residents were hurt in a head-on crash early Sunday morning in Dallas County. The Iowa State Patrol says a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Megan Wakeham, of West Des Moines was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 one-mile east of Earlham at around midnight, when it collided head-on with a car driven by 20-year-old Jessie Leeper of Adair.
An SUV driven by 49-year-old Lori Wallace, of Greenfield, was unable to stop in-time and collided with the Leeper’s car. Wakeham died from her injuries.Wallace and Leeper were transported by Stuart EMS and Dallas County EMS to Methodist and Mercy Hospitals in Des Moines, respectively.
By Ric Hanson, KJAN, Atlantic