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AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY ODEBOLT WOMAN KILLED IN TWO VEHICLE CRASH (Update)

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Updated 1:38 p.m. 2/20/18

AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH SUNDAY EVENING ON HIGHWAY 20.

THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS 22-YEAR-OLD DESTINY GRITTEN OF ODEBOLT DIED WHEN HER CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND COUNTY ROAD L-51 IN IDA COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY GRITTEN FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ONCOMING SEMI.

GRITTEN WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.

HIGHWAY 20 WAS CLOSED FOR THREE HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

THE SEMI DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.

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A TWO VEHICLE CRASH SUNDAY EVENING ON HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN A CAR AND A SEMI HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN ODEBOLT, IOWA WOMAN.

THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 5:30 PM AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND COUNTY ROAD L-51 IN IDA COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMAN DRIVING THE CAR FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING SEMI.

HIGHWAY 20 WAS CLOSED FOR THREE HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

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