(Rural Adair, Iowa) – A Senior at the Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center High School was critically injured during a single-vehicle accident Friday morning, north of Adair. According to the Iowa State Patrol’s report filed with the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Jaya M. Fever, of Adair, was driving a 2022 Buick LaSabre Custom northbound in the southbound lane of Frontier Road, at around 8-a.m., when she apparently corrected her steering, and over-corrected, resulting in a loss of traction.

The car left skid marks from the southbound lane through the northbound lane, and continued through the grass in the ditch, south of 320th Street. Eventually, the vehicle struck a utility pole on the passenger side B-pillar. The car came to rest just northeast of the utility pole, facing southwest.

Jaya was unconscious when rescue crews arrived. She was transported to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, where she was being treated for life-threatening injuries. At last report, Fever was in critical condition. A Prayer Vigil was held for the young woman Sunday night, at the High School in Guthrie Center.

Stuart and Adair EMS and the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene. Damage to the car was estimated at $5,000. Damage to the utility pole, owned by Guthrie County, was estimated at $1,000.