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Update: 1 dead, 1 critical following Taylor County rollover accident

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March 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office says one person is dead, another was critically hurt during a rollover accident Tuesday afternoon. In an update to our earlier report, authorities say a passenger in the car, 47-year old Theresa Moses, of Lenox, was flown to a hospital in Des Moines, where she later died. Another passenger, 54-year old Junior Chumbley, Jr., was flown to a Des Moines hospital, where he was reported to be in critical, but stable condition. A third passenger, 32-year old Kyle Gile, was flown to Des Moines and later released from the hospital. The driver of the car, 46-year old Rachel Reed, of Lenox, was treated and released from the hospital in Creston.

Officials say the accident happened at around 4:15-p.m., as Reed and her passengers were traveling west on 130th Street near Yellowstone Avenue. Her 2005 Kia Sorento went out control on the gravel and rolled several times. Three occupants of the car were not wearing their seat belts and were ejected and a fourth was trapped in the vehicle.

The circumstances that led to the accident are still under investigation by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office.