The driver of a 2008 Subaru Legacy was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Friday morning, following an accident at the Interstate 29 southbound exit ramp to I-80. The Iowa State Patrol said 53-year old Patrice Mare Northam, of Council Bluffs, was preparing to merge onto I-80 eastbound at around 8:25-a.m., when she lost control of her vehicle. The car spun around and traveled through candle stick cones which had been set up along the south 24th Street exit ramp.

The driver’s side of the car hit the traffic ones, breaking the side view mirror and causing scuff marks to the side of the vehicle. The car came to rest on the should of the off-ramp of South 24th Street. Northam, who was wearing her seat belt, was transported to the hospital by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue.