A 19-year old woman who was struck by a pickup truck Friday night while crossing a street, has died. The Iowa State Patrol reports the woman was crossing Hubble Avenue at Tallgrass Parkway in Altoona, when she was struck by a 2002 Chevy pickup driven by 31-year old Andrew W. Reed, of Altoona. The accident happened at around 9:40-p.m., Friday.

Authorities say Reed had a green light at the intersection. The accident victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of family.

Three people were injured during a collision Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa, including two from western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Kenworth semi tractor was traveling east on I-80 in Johnson County, and had slowed for traffic ahead that had stopped due to a previous accident. A 2000 Ford Windstar van also traveling eastbound on I-80, rear-ended the semi’s trailer. The crash occurred at around 2:35-p.m., Friday.

Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest in the lane of traffic. The Patrol said two of the crash victims, a 52-year old and a 16-year old in the van, were from Carroll. They were transported by ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospitals/Clinics in Iowa City, with the 52-year old flown by helicopter to the facility. The third victim was the 46-year old truck driver, from Baltimore, Maryland. He was transported by an Iowa DOT Enforcement Officer to the hospital. All three crash victims were wearing their seat belts.

Their names were being withheld, pending completion of the accident investigation.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An agricultural economist says the Trump administration’s decision to base new handouts to farmers hit by the trade war with China on how many acres they’ve planted might be a fairer way to distribute the cash. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Thursday that the government will pay another $16 billion in aid to farmers affected by the president’s trade war with China. Scott Irwin, a University of Illinois agricultural economist says per acre payments are fairer than per bushel.

HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, Nebraska, says repair work on a levee breach near Hamburg, Iowa, has been completed. The agency said in a news release Friday that the breach was one of four priority breaches to be closed in the wake of historic flooding along the Missouri River in March. The Corps says the work was completed Thursday after work began in early May.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The execution date for a notorious Iowa drug kingpin who killed witnesses and children in 1993 has been scheduled for Jan. 15. Dustin Honken is among five federal death row inmates whose execution dates were announced Thursday by the Justice Department. The announcement came as Attorney General Bill Barr directed federal capital punishment to resume for the first time in nearly two decades.

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in eastern Iowa say a kayaker has been rescued from the Mississippi River at a dam at Clinton. Television station KWQC reports that the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office was called Friday to Lock and Dam 13 for a water rescue. Officials with the Clinton Fire Department reported sometime before 3 p.m. Friday that a male kayaker had been safely rescued.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Health said Friday, preliminary data for 2019 indicate a continued increase in two of the most commonly reported conditions in Iowa, chlamydia and gonorrhea. For the period of January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019, there were 7,730 cases of chlamydia reported to IDPH.

This represents a 9.6 percent increase from the same time period in 2018. Gonorrhea cases for this time period in 2019 are at 2,572. This represents a 14.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2018.

IDPH encourages adherence to CDC screening and treatment guidelines to ensure that individuals who are infected are diagnosed and properly treated. https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/default.htm