The Iowa State Patrol has released the name of the woman killed in two-vehicle crash in northwest Iowa on Friday night. The woman has been identified as 51-year-old Susan R. Bliek of Rock Valley.
The crash happened about 11:30 p.m. The patrol reports a car driven by 18-year-old Jacob Kennet of Le Mars was westbound on county road A34, about two miles north of Inwood, when he drove through a stop sign. Kennet’s vehicle struck the car driven by Bliek, which had been southbound on Highway 182.
Bliek was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Kennet vehicle, 34-year-old Timothy Farmer of Iowa City was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For now, no charges have been filed.
by Scott Van Aartsen, KIWA