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Authorities have not released their names yet. Kcrgtv9s brady smith joins us in the newsroom. Brady, what else are investigators saying about the crash . Trooper bob conrad with the iowa state patrol says while it appears ice did play a role, he says its also apparent that the driver of the minivan failed to maintain control of that vehicle. He says the van was also overloaded, and that meant too many people inside the vehicle, and not enough seat belts. Cathy cutler with the local dot District Office says they had road crews on the stretch of highway 30 where the crash happened, during and after the storm that hit eastern iowa earlier this week. She told us the plow and salt trucks had a constant presence on area highways, and they had cleared off that section of road. Trooper conrad says Road Conditions can be unpredictable this time of year, and its possible there could ....