Gowrie News

The Iowa State Patrol tells The Des Moines Register 47-year-old Edward Frazier died Saturday after he lost control of his vehicle at the interchange of U.S. Highway 169 and Iowa Highway 175 and slid into a second vehicle.

Edward Frazier, of Gowrie, was killed in a car crash Saturday morning. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, around 7 a.m., Frazier, driving a 1999 Buick LeSabre, was eastbound on Iowa Highway 175 when the vehicle dropped off the roadway.

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