A single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in eastern Iowa’s Bremer County claimed the life of a woman from Illinois. The Iowa State Patrol reports 19-year old Julia Walters, of Morrison, IL., was driving a 2007 Ford Focus northbound on U-S Highway 218 at around 2:54-p.m., Friday, when the vehicle went out of control at mile marker 196.

The car entered the median and rolled over before coming to rest in the median. Walters – who was not wearing a seat belt – was ejected from the car and died from her injuries. Her passenger, 21-year old Michaela Hibbard, of Sterling, IL., was wearing a seat belt. She was transported by Waverly Ambulance to the hospital in Waverly.

The crash remains under investigation.