OTTUMWA — A four-vehicle crash in a bridge work zone resulted in the death of a local couple on Friday night.

The Iowa State Patrol reports that at around 7:57pm on Friday, a semi truck driven by 22-year-old Reid Hilpipre of Pocahontas, Iowa, failed to stop at the temporary traffic light fixture in a work zone on Highway 63, north of 25th street, just south of Ottumwa, which had one lane closed due to ongoing bridge work. The truck hit one vehicle, which caused a chain reaction collision that resulted in that vehicle, plus the semi and one other vehicle, ending up in a ditch and becoming engulfed in flames. The two occupants of the first vehicle to be hit were both pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities were later revealed to be 68-year-old Steven Hinebaugh and 65-year-old Brenda Hinebaugh, both from Ottumwa. Hilpipre and the driver of the third vehicle to roll into the ditch, 49-year-old Lora Sprouse, of Bloomfield, were both transported to Ottumwa Regional Hospital, while the driver of a fourth vehicle involved in the crash, 36-year-old Dennis Hagedorn, was uninjured.

The crash remains under investigation.