By Associated Press - Thursday, January 14, 2016

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) - A mother and her son has died in a crash on Highway 212, west of Marengo.

The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a single-car crash at 7:11 a.m. Thursday.

The sheriff’s office says the driver, 18-year-old Bethany Grace Clark, was eastbound when she lost control of the car on the frost-covered road. The car entered a ditch and hit a creek bank before catching on fire.



Her 2-year-old son Roran Pierce Clark was also in the car.

Both died in the crash.

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