(Sioux City, Iowa) – One person is dead and another was injured during a collision Wednesday afternoon, in Woodbury County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 40-year-old Melissa Thede, of Churdan, died in the crash that occurred at around 4:30-p.m.

Authorities say the State Patrol was in pursuit of a speeding 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser Thede was driving, as the vehicle was entering the City limits in Sioux City. When the car continued driving erratically, and at high rate of speed, the Patrol terminated the pursuit.

At the intersection of Gordon Drive and Spalding Street, Thede’s car rear-ended a 2012 Dodge pickup driven by 29-year-old Hector Alvarez-Collazo, of Sioux City. The impact caused the Chrysler to roll-over before it struck a 2018 Ford SUV driven by 36-year-old Traci Kellen, of Sioux City.

Thede died at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt. Hector Alvarez-Collazo was wearing his seat belt. He was treated at St. Luke’s Hospital for minor injuries.