WAPELLO, IA : Iowa teenager killed when scooter is hit by semitrailer on April, wednesday 19th 2017

Officials say a 15yearold girl has died after her motorized scooter was hit by a semitrailer as she tried to cross U.S. 61 in Wapello.

The Hawk Eye reports (http://bit.ly/2ph5CLt ) that Sierra Jane Bowdre died at the scene Monday night. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened at 9:50 p.m. when Bowdre was driving west on a city street and tried to cross the highway without yielding to oncoming traffic.

The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of the semi, 57-year-old Steven Lutman, of Colfax, Illinois, was not injured.

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Iowa teenager killed when scooter is hit by semitrailer