COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police have charged a 40-year-old Council Bluffs man with kidnapping and sexually abusing a teenage girl. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 40-year old Fednol Garly St. Cyr was charged Friday with first-degree kidnapping, third-degree sexual abuse and indecent contact with a child. St. Cyr could face life in prison if convicted of the kidnapping charge.

One person died and another was injured during a collision Saturday morning between a pickup and a semi, in Polk County. The Iowa State Patrol report 31-year old Michael Eric Wright, of Waukee was injured in the crash that happened on Interstate 80 westbound, at the east mixmaster on Des Moines’ northeast side. A passenger in the pickup, 44-year old Susannah Dryer Thompson, of Waukee, died at the scene. Both occupants of the pickup were ejected during the crash. Neither was wearing their seat belts.

The accident happened at around 12:45-a.m., when Wright changed lanes his pickup hit the westbound semi’s trailer. Following the collision, the pickup slid into the median guardrail and went airborne. The pickup came to rest between the guardrails.

Wright was transported by ambulance to Broadlawns Hospital for treatment. A report on his condition was not immediately available. The driver of the semi was not hurt.

(In an update to our earlier post) A man from Atlantic was injured during a single-vehicle accident this (Saturday) morning, northeast of Atlantic. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1993 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 66-year old Charles Sievers, of Atlantic, was traveling east on Casey Road at around 9:40-a.m., when Sievers reached down to pick up his cell phone. In the process, his pickup left the road and entered the south ditch, where it hit an embankment and came to rest upright. The accident happened not far from the intersection with Highway 71.

Sievers, who was not wearing a seat belt, was trapped in the pickup and reported suffered from a broken leg. He was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Medivac Ambulance.

One person suffered a reported broken leg during a single-vehicle accident this (Saturday) morning, northeast of Atlantic. According to scanner reports, a car went into a ditch just south of “The Valley,” on Highway 71 near Casey Road. The accident happened at around 9:40-a.m. The male victim of the crash was said to have been trapped in the vehicle. Atlantic Fire and Rescue and Medivac responded to scene.

No other details are available.