Iowa State Patrol: 2 killed in 2-vehicle crash at Maquoketa

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Maquoketa, IA (AP) — Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash at Maquoketa in eastern Iowa.

The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday when a southbound car turning left off Highway 61 was hit by a northbound pickup truck.

Television station KCRG reports that the crash killed two men, 68-year-old Gary Schlapia and 61-year-old Michael Griffin, both of Maquoketa. It was not clear from a patrol report whether Schlapia and Griffin were in the same vehicle.

Two other men were taken to hospitals for their injuries.