Authorities are now releasing the names of the two Harcourt residents who were killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Webster County.
The Iowa State Patrol reported a southbound 1989 Ford F-250 pickup truck driven by Colten Bills of Dayton apparently failed to stop at a stop sign striking an eastbound 2001 Ford Taurus driven by 56-year-old David Castenson of Harcourt.
David Castenson was transported to a Fort Dodge hospital where he was pronounced dead of his injuries. A passenger is the Castenson car, 85-year-old Velma Castenson was transported to the same Fort Dodge hospital where she died of her injuries on Saturday.
Bills was taken to the Boone County Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Charges are pending with the accident under investigation.
(Reporting by Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City)