Woman killed in car-vs-semi crash near Grimes

(Polk County, IA) -- A 20-year-old woman has died after a car-vs-semi crash in northwest Polk County at 10:30 this (Friday) morning. The Polk County Sheriff's office says the woman was driving southbound in the 41-hundred block of Grimes Blvd (Highway 141) when her Nissan Sentra crossed the median and collided with a northbound semi.

The Sheriff's Office says the woman was dead at the scene, the truck driver was not injured. The woman's name is not being released, pending notification of family.

The crash led to the closure of northbound lanes of Urbandale Drive at the interstate. The flyover bypass to northbound Grimes Blvd was reduced to one lane.


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