iowa state patrolA fatal traffic accident on Interstate 80 in Dallas County involves three vehicles.

A little after midnight on Sunday, the Iowa State Patrol, Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Dallas County Emergency Medical Services and Stuart Emergency Medical Services responded to a fatal traffic accident near mile marker 105 in Dallas County on Interstate 80.

According to Iowa State Patrol reports, a 2007 Chevy Aveo driven by Megan Wakeham 24 of West Des Moines was traveling eastbound on the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 when she hit head on with a 1994 Pont Firebird driven by Jesse Leeper age 20 of Adair.

The head on collision caused a third vehicle driven by Lori Wallace age 49 of Greenfield to rear-end her 2010 GMC Terrain into Leeper’s Firebird.

Iowa State Patrol authorities say that Wakeham was pronounced dead at the scene.  Leeper was transported by Dallas County EMS to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines and Wallace was taken to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines by Stuart EMS for their injuries, the extent of which is unknown at this time.

 

Iowa State Patrol is handling the investigation and Raccoon Valley Radio will give updates as they become official.

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