A woman from eastern Iowa died Sunday evening, when a deer struck by an SUV crashed through the passenger side windshield of the vehicle and struck her. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2008 Toyota RAV4 driven by 24-year old Amy Kathleen Smith, of West Des Moines, was traveling eastbound on Highway 30 at Q Avenue, in Tama County, when the vehicle hit a deer at around 5:20-p.m..

The animal went through the windshield and struck a passenger, 57-year old Donna Kathleen Smith, of Walford, causing fatal injuries. Smith died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.