(Rock Rapids, Iowa) – A collision between a semi and a car Thursday afternoon east of Rock Rapids in northwest Iowa’s Lyon County, resulted in the death of a woman from Sioux County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 71-year-old Carol Jo Fliear, of Matlock, Iowa, died from her injuries at a hospital, after the 2016 Ford Taurus she was driving – for unknown reasons – crossed the center line of eastbound Highway 9 and struck a 2007 Freightliner semi, head-on, at the intersection withK60/Indian Avenue. The accident happened at around 12:37-p.m.

The driver of the semi, 64-year-old Gregory Marvin Krieger, of Sibley, declined treatment at the scene. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.