A crash in southern Iowa’s Clarke County, Thursday morning, claimed the life of a teenager from Osceola. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened on Highway 34 at around 8:10-a.m., Thursday. Authorities say a1989 Chevy pickup driven by 21-year old Austin Thomas West, of Osceola, was traveling west on Highway 34 and stopped to yield to oncoming traffic, before turning into a residential driveway. When he stopped, a 2001 Chevy Lumina driven by 15-year old Madison Makenna Cook, of Osceola, struck the back of the pickup. Her car was then hit broadside by a 2011 International semi, driven by 36-year old Thaddaeus P. Frey, of Hooper, NE.  Frey and West were not injured in the crash.

Madison Cook, who was wearing her seatbelt, was pronounced deceased at the Clarke County Hospital.