Iowa family mourns loss of two loved ones in two separate crashes in same day Share Updated: 5:37 PM CST Dec 18, 2020 Chris Gothner Share Updated: 5:37 PM CST Dec 18, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CYCLONES. A CENTRAL IOWA FAMILY IS MOURNING THE DEATHS OF 2 FAMILY MEMBERS TONIGHT WHO DI YESTERDAY IN 2 SEPARATE CRASHES. KCCI’S CHRIS GOTHNER IS LIVE AT EAST 33RD AND EUCLID IN DES MOINES WHERE ONE OF THE CRASHES OCCURRED. CHRIS: THIS CRASH HAPPENED HERE, READ IN THE INTERSECTION. WE LEARNED THAT IT WAS THE SECOND TRAGEDY IN A MATTER OF HOURS FOR ONE FAMILY. CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS SCOURED EAST 33RD AND EUCLID THURSDAY NIGHT, COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE OF A DEADLY FOUR-VEHICLE CRASH. POLICE ACCUSE 67-YEAR-OLD BERTOLDO ZUNIGA OF DRIVING DRU AND ERRATICALLY SLAMMING INTO THREE OTHER CARS AT HIGH SPEEDS, JUST BEFORE 8:40 P.M.CLAIMING THE LIFE OF 71-YEAR-OLD LINDA VANDER HART. AND INJURING HER HUSBAND, 74-YEAR-OLD DANIEL VANDER HART IT WAS NOT THE ONLY TRAGEDY FOR THE FAMILY. ON FRIDAY, LINDA’S SON, LOCAL BLOGGER SHANE VANDER HART, TWEETED THE DEVASTATING NEWS THAT HIS SISTER’S EX-HUSBAND AND FATHER OF HER CHILDREN, JAMES BARTELS, DIED IN A SEPARATE CRASH JUST HOURS EARLIER TROOPERS SAY JUST BEFORE 5, THE 46-YEAR-OLD CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING EAST ON I-80, JUST OUTSIDE OF ALTOONA. ATTRIBUTING HIS DEATH TO LACK OF SEATBELT USE. VANDER HART TWEETED QUOTE OUR FAMILY IS IN SHOCK. THIS SEEMS SO UNREAL. IT MAKES NO SENSE, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN LEAN INTO OUR FATHER OF ALL MERCIES AND GOD OF A COMFORT. DANIEL VANDER HART IS STIL RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL SHANE VANDER HART ASKED FOR PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY. NOW ZUNIGA FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES IN THE CRASH HERE ON EAST 33RD AND EUCLID. WE’LL HEAR FROM POLICE AHEAD ON KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00.