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2 children die in traffic crash in northern Iowa

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HANLONTOWN, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say two children died in a collision between a semitrailer and a van near Hanlontown in northern Iowa.

The Iowa State Patrol says 9-year-old Cassidy Stehn, of Northwood, and 12-year-old Hana Riedinger, of Kensett, died in the crash Tuesday morning.

The Globe Gazette in Mason City says four other youngsters and the driver of the van in which the girls were riding in were injured. The patrol says they were on their way to a canoe outing when the accident happened. The van was owned by Worth County Conservation.

The patrol says the truck hit the van when the van didn't stop at an intersection on state Highway 9

The truck driver was treated at the scene.

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