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Authorities identify a woman who died in a fiery Iowa crash, Sunday

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August 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim killed in a fiery crash that occurred Sunday, as a woman from Carlisle. WHO-TV reports the crash happened in the 5700 block of SE Vandalia in Pleasant Hill. When first responders arrived on scene they found a single vehicle on its side and fully engulfed in flames.

According to the sheriff’s office, after firefighters extinguished the flames they found an adult female dead inside. Tuesday afternoon the sheriff’s office identified the victim as 35-year-old Emily Ora Woolsey, of Carlisle.

A preliminary investigation found that Woolsey was traveling eastbound on SE Vandalia when she lost control of the vehicle, hit a guardrail, and rolled into the ditch. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.