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CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) -- The Benton County medical examiner's office has ruled the death of a woman in a traffic accident earlier this month a homicide.

Thirty-six-year-old Stephanie A. Dripps of Dysart was a passenger in a car driven by 42-year-old Paul S. Lauritson of Hudson on Oct. 8.

According to police, Lauritson drove into the path of an oncoming sport utility vehicle on a road near Garrison. Lauritson was also killed in the crash.

Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Mark Dearden says Dripps died by homicide due to "multi-system trauma caused by a motor vehicle accident." He would not say more about why Dripps' death was ruled a homicide.

Three people in the SUV, 40-year-old driver Jennifer L. Engler of Garrison and her two children, were taken to area hospitals for treatment.

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