Aurelia, IA : 15-year-old killed in crash at rural Cherokee County intersection Wednesday, April 5, 2017

A 15-year-old girl was killed and two other people were injured in a crash at an uncontrolled intersection Wednesday in rural Cherokee County.

Nicole Sofia Peterson, of Cherokee, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. at the intersection of T Avenue and 560th Street west of Aurelia.

According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, Peterson was sitting on the passenger side of a 2005 Chevrolet Impala driven by Natalie Rose Peterson, also 15 and of Cherokee. The report said Peterson was driving north on T Avenue and failed to yield the right of way to an eastbound 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by 30-year-old Andrew Allen Bierman, of Aurelia, at the road's intersection with 560th Street.

Bierman's truck struck the car in the passenger side door area, and both vehicles came to a rest in the northwest corner of the intersection, the report said.

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15-year-old killed in crash at rural Cherokee County intersection