(Keokuk, Iowa) – The crash of a small car in southeastern Iowa’s Lee County, Saturday night, claimed the life of one 15-year-old and resulted in injuries to a 16-year-old. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2000 Toyota Matrix was traveling south on the Mississippi River Road at around 10:45-p.m., Saturday, when the driver failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle entered the west ditch and came to rest.

Both teens were transported by Lee County EMS to Blessing Health, in Keokuk, when one died from their injuries. Neither of the occupants of the car were wearing their seat belts. No names were released.