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Bluffs woman injured in crash on I-80 near Avoca, Thursday

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November 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Interstate 80 just west of Avoca, resulted in a Council Bluffs woman being sent to a hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of the vehicle, 19-year old Brittni Walker, was taken to Myrtue Hospital in Harlan, by Avoca Rescue. A report on her condition was not available.

Officials say Walker, who was wearing her seat belt,  was traveling west at around 3:40-p.m., and had attempted to pass another vehicle, when she lost control of the 2004 Chevy Malibu she was driving. The vehicle entered the north ditch and hit the face of a guardrail head-on.

Deputies with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office and crews from Avoca Rescue assisted the patrol at the crash site.