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(Monroe County, IA) -- A woman is dead after the Jeep Grand Cherokee she was driving was hit by a passenger train in southern Iowa.
The Iowa State Patrol says around 10:30 Wednesday morning, an eastbound Amtrak train hit the SUV as it crossed the tracks on 695th Avenue northeast of Albia, in Monroe County. 58 year old Melinda Stewart was pronounced dead at the scene.
The state patrol says no one on the train was injured. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.