PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A SUNDAY MORNING TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 75 THAT INJURED ONE PERSON NORTH OF MERRILL.
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF HAS IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER AS 23-YEAR-OLD ALLISON JOHNSON OF ASHTON.
INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR AROUND 2:15 A.M. AT HIGHWAY 75 AND KESTREL AVENUE.
THE CAR ROLLED AND JOHNSON WAS FOUND IN A CORNFIELD 150 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE.
SHE WAS AIRLIFTED BY HELICOPTER TO A SIOUX CITY HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SPEED AND ALCOHOL WERE LIKELY FACTORS IN THE CRASH AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
