Two separate accidents kill Clear Lake woman, Fertile men on Friday

GARNER — Two separate accidents on Friday has resulted in the deaths of three north-central Iowans:

== A Clear Lake woman is dead after a collision in Hancock County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at about 3:20 PM at 190th Street and US Highway 69 south of Garner. 79-year-old Sharon Schneider of Clear Lake was traveling northbound when a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Kaden Buckley of Ventura failed to stop at the stop sign while traveling eastbound. It entered the intersection and struck Schneider’s vehicle broadside. Schneider sustained fatal injuries. The accident remains under investigation. 

== At about 8:15 on Friday evening, the State Patrol says two people from Fertile were killed in a crash near the intersection of 330th Street and Fir Avenue south of Fertile. 31-year-old Paul Swann and 33-year-old Cody Keeney were in a vehicle that was traveling northbound on Fir, lost control and entered the ditch, re-entered the road and entered the ditch a second time before coming to rest on the passenger side in the south ditch of 330th Street. The crash remains under investigation.