INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) - A Newton woman has died and four others have been injured in a crash investigators say was caused when a 17-year-old driver ran a stop sign in central Iowa.
The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Warren County, when a pickup truck driven by the teen ran a stop sign and hit a small sport utility vehicle, the Iowa State Patrol said. Investigators said Amanda Kay Core, 41, of Newton, was in the SUV’s passenger seat and died at the scene.
The driver of the SUV, Aaron Core, 41, of Indianola, and two children ages 5 and 15, were all taken to a nearby hospital, as was the 17-year-old driver of the truck.
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