By Associated Press - Thursday, March 9, 2017

MONTICELLO, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have identified an 8-year-old girl killed when the tricycle she was riding in eastern Iowa was hit by a minivan.

Officials say Cassandra Rieken, of Monticello, was pedaling the trike around 3 p.m. Wednesday on a Monticello street when she was hit at an intersection by a southbound minivan.

Troopers say the girl later died at a hospital. Police say a 27-year-old Monticello woman was driving the minivan. Neither she nor a passenger in the minivan was hurt.



The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the crash.

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