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Holiday Car Crashes in Iowa Kill Five Over Christmas Weekend
Five people died in Iowa during a 78 hour Christmas weekend with two out-of-state fatalities. Merlin J. Ames, 28, of Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin, died when his car hit a Milwaukee Road freight train near McGregor. John Rodgers, 18, of Goodland Kansas, crashed on Interstate 80 east of Casey interchange after apparently falling asleep. Manda Ellen Allpress, 7, of Leon, was fatally injured when a Rock Island train struck the car she rode in at Lineville near the Missouri border. Reuben L. Igo, 68, of Manson, died in a two car crash south of Farnhamville on Iowa 175. Clemance Van Tommy, 80, of Brooklyn, was fatally injured when her car crossed a T intersection of Iowa 21 and US 6 and landed in a field near Victor.
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