2 killed in crash after custody dispute

Published 10:12 am Monday, September 8, 2014

CLARION, Iowa – Authorities say a 5-year-old and a 19-year-old were killed when an Iowa man’s car collided with a semi shortly after the man took his two children in a custody dispute.

The accident happened near Clarion Friday evening.

That was about half an hour after a Britt, Iowa, woman reported that her husband and another man violated a protection order and took their two kids.

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The Iowa State Patrol said 25-year-old Dustin Shackelford was driving with 19-year-old Frankie Miranda and his 5-year-old and 2-year-old children inside when the accident happened.

Shackelford was the only one wearing a seat belt when his car struck the semitrailer truck.

Miranda and the 5-year-old died. Shackelford and the 2-year-old were injured, but their conditions weren’t immediately available.