A crash in Mills County Friday afternoon claimed the life of a teen from Emerson. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 1998 Honda Civic driven by a 17-year-old female, was traveling east on Noyes Avenue at around 4:05-p.m., when the car went out of control after crossing the intersection with 290th Street.

The vehicle left the road and rolled several times before coming to rest on its wheels, in a field. The teenage driver was ejected from the vehicle. She was not wearing a seat belt. The girl died from her injuries at the scene.Her name was not immediately released.

Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted the State Patrol at the crash site.