A two-vehicle accident in Poweshiek County claimed the lives of two teenagers on Saturday.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, at approximately 5:32 PM, a 2015 Jeep Wrangler driven by Andrew Buttler, 18, of Freeport, Florida was traveling eastbound on Ewart Road and failed to stop at the Highway 63 intersection. The Jeep collided with a 2016 Jeep Renegade driven by 51-year-old George Wegner of Judsonia, Arkansas. The two vehicles ended up in a cornfield.
Two 18-year-old passengers in the back seat of the Wrangler, Sydney Andersen of Grinnell and Aaliyah Martin of Carlsbad, New Mexico, were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident report states that neither were wearing a seat belt.
Buttler, Wegner, and Martin Contreras, 18, of Hinsdale, Illinois were injured in the crash and transported to Grinnell Hospital.
The Iowa State Patrol says Montezuma Fire and Ambulance, Malcom Fire Department, East Poweshiek Ambulance Service, Iowa Department of Transportation, Poweshiek County Emergency Management, and the Grinnell Fire Department were involved in the response and investigation.
