A Polk County woman died during a rollover accident Saturday evening near Scranton. The Iowa State Patrol says 20-year old Sydney Thomas, of Des Moines, died when the vehicle Thomas was in rolled over multiple times. Thomas, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

The accident happened at around 6:50-p.m. Saturday on Highway 25, just north of 280th Street, in Greene County. The Patrol says a 2005 Chevy Malibu driven by 20-year old Ashley Andrews, of Scranton, was traveling south on Highway 25, when the vehicle went off the shoulder of the road. Thomas grabbed the steering wheel and tried to help Andrews correct the path of the vehicle, but her actions caused the car to over-correct, and go out of control, according to the report.

The car entered a ditch and rolled twice. Andrews, who was wearing her seat belt, suffered minor injuries and was transported by Scranton Fire and Rescue to the Greene County Medical Center.

The City of Griswold has declared a snow emergency as of 12:00 A.M. on Monday, December 28, 2015. Per the City of Griswold Code of Ordinances, 2010, Section 3-3-32, “No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street or alley during a plowable snow unless the snow has been removed or plowed from said street or alley and the snow has ceased to fall. A snow emergency parking ban shall continue from its initiation through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the forty-eight (48) hour period after cessation of such, except as above provided upon streets and alleys which have been fully plowed.”

One person was injured during a two-vehicle collision Saturday afternoon, in Creston. Authorities in Union County say 19-year old Caitlyn Alexandra Ray, of Creston, was transported by ambulance to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, after the SUV she was driving collided with a car at the intersection of East Summit and Palm Streets. The crash occurred at around 2:55-p.m.

Officials say a 2005 Chevy Malibu driven by 18-year old Kylie Jo Royster, of Earlham, was traveling south on Palm Street at the same time Ray was traveling west on Summit. The vehicles collided at the uncontrolled intersection when Ray failed to yield.

Ray, who was cited for Failure to Yield,  suffered possible, unknown injuries. Royster was not injured in the collision. Damage from the crash amounted t0 $8,000.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A sex case involving a student and an adult worker at a Sioux City high school has exposed a gap in an Iowa law designed to protect students from exploitation. The Sioux City Journal reports that if an employee is not a licensed teacher, aide or coach, there may be little the state’s justice system can do.

Iowa law defines a school employee as an administrator, teacher or licensed individual, or someone with a coaching authorization. It doesn’t cover non-teachers, volunteers or contract employees. Erick Deleon was employed by a Des Moines-based nonprofit when he became involved with a 16-year-old participant in his program at Sioux City’s North High School. Deleon was convicted of sexual exploitation by a school employee, but a judge noted the gap in state law.

Five people were injured during a collision Saturday afternoon, in Perry. According to reports, one person was arrested on suspicion of intoxication following the crash, after they attempted to leave the scene. The accident happened at around 1:15-p.m. at Highway 141 and 8th Street. The injured included four children and one adult. No names were released, and a report on their conditions was not available.

Authorities told KCCI the man who tried to flee appeared to be impaired and was bleeding from the head. Police also said he was possibly intoxicated and was combative.