(Radio Iowa) — A woman from northern Iowa’s Butler County died in a wrong-way collision on the Avenue of the Saints south of Mason City, Monday. The Iowa State Patrol says 78-year-old Darlene Keifer, of Greene, was killed in the accident which happened shortly after 11:30-AM at the 190 mile marker on US Highway 18.

The patrol says the car driven by Keifer was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the divided highway and collided with a van driven by 54-year-old Blaine Freeman of Elk Run Heights, Iowa. Keifer was pronounced dead at the scene while Freeman was taken to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa with what were described as minor injuries.