(Des Moines, IA) -- A woman hurt in a motorcycle crash last weekend has died. Des Moines Police say 35-year-old Lynz Ross was a passenger on a motorcycle that crashed at 19th Street and the westbound I-235 off ramp, early Sunday, October 30th.
First responders arrived to find an adult male motorcyclist and his adult female passenger with critical injuries. Des Moines Fire Department medics transported the motorcyclist and the motorcycle passenger to local hospitals.
Police say the motorcycle was northbound on 19th Street at a high-rate of speed. A car, crossing 19th Street while exiting the I-235 westbound off ramp, entered into the intersection and the two collided. The driver of that car, a 35-year-old female, was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. Witness reports indicate that the car entered into the intersection on a green light.
Ross died in the hospital yesterday (Wednesday). It's the city's 19th traffic fatality this year and the 10th involving a motorcycle.