(Exira, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer in Exira, Sunday afternoon, resulted in the death of a woman. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at around 2:48-p.m. in the area of 418 W. Washington Street, on the west side of Exira.

Authorities say a 2009 Ford Focus driven by 75-year-old Phyllis Elaine Hoffman, of Exira, was traveling eastbound, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle crossed the center of the road and struck a westbound 2016 Mack tractor-trailer, head-on. The semi was driven by 24-year-old John Joseph Schultes, of Exira.

Schultes was not injured in the collision. Hoffman died at the scene. She was wearing her seat belt. The accident remains under investigation.