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Fatal crash in Mahaska County likely caused by 'snowy conditions', sheriff's office says

Preliminary investigation indicates that Sanders was travelling northbound when he lost control of his vehicle "due to snowy conditions".

MAHASKA COUNTY, Iowa — One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 23 Tuesday morning, the Mahaska County Sheriff's Office said in a press release

Officials responded to the crash in the 3000 block of Highway 23 around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. 

Upon arrival, they discovered one of the drivers, 22-year-old Morgan Sanders of Fremont, had passed away at the scene. 

The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. 

The sheriff's office said that based on their investigation so far, Sanders was traveling northbound when he lost control of his vehicle "due to snowy conditions."

Sanders' vehicle slid into the southbound lane, where it was hit by an oncoming car. 

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