A teenager from western Iowa died in a fiery crash early this (Friday) morning in Pottawattamie County. Pott. County Sheriff Jeff Danker reports just before eight-a.m., deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident. The driver of the vehicle reported the accident and advised the vehicle was on fire and they were unable to get out. Deputies located the vehicle not long on Pinoak Road just west of County Road L-34, minutes later. The vehicle had traveled off the roadway and ended up on its side. It was fully engulfed in flames.

Fire and rescue personnel arrived at around 8:10-a.m. and extinguished the flames. The driver, identified as 16-year old ShyAnne Larsen, of Honey Creek, was unable to escape the vehicle and flames. She died at the scene. A preliminary investigation determined the teen was eastbound on Pinoak Road in a 2000 Ford Focus, when the vehicle left the road and entered the north ditch, when it traveled on its side before coming to rest. The fire started in the front portion of the vehicle. The cause of the fire is unknown. The accident remains under investigation.