One Nebraska resident was killed and another injured during a crash Thursday between a van and a semi northwest of the Lewis and Clark State Park, in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol said the driver of the van, 26-year old Raetahne Thomas, of Walthill, NE, died following the crash that happened on Cherry Avenue, just south of County road K-42. Authorities say she was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the semi, 43-year old Ricky Kellog, of Tekamah, NE, was transported by Onawa Rescue to Burgess Hospital, where he was treated and released.

The Patrol says Thomas’ 2001 Oldsmobile van was traveling north on Cherry Avenue at around 2:50-p.m., as a 1985 Mack semi driven by Kellog, was traveling south. The vehicles sideswiped each other as they rounded a curve. Thomas’ van came to rest in the ditch, while the semi rolled over and came to rest on the road. Thomas was transported to Burgess Hospital, where she died from her injuries.