One person was killed and another injured during a head-on collision Friday afternoon, in Union County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 22-year old Samantha Neely, of Creston, died from injuries she suffered in a collision between her car and a pickup driven by 24-year old Brittany Marshall, of Clearfield. The accident happened just before 3-p.m. Friday on Highway 34, about 2-miles north of Kent, or about a mile east of the Adams/Union County line.

Officials say Marshall was driving a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup westbound on Highway 34, when she reached into the back seat.The truck crossed the center line of the road and hit an eastbound 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Neely. Following the collision, the pickup came to rest in the south ditch, while the car stopped on the shoulder of the road. Both women were wearing their seat belts.

Marshall suffered serious injuries and was transported by Union County Rescue to the hospital in Creston. Neely died at the scene. A passenger in the pickup was not injured.