A young Council Bluffs woman died in a crash on East Manawa Drive on Thursday. Council Bluffs Police were called to an injury accident on Thursday at 6:00pm in the 4800 block of East Manawa Drive. Arriving officers provided first aid to one of the drivers, 21-year-old Aryka Davis of Council Bluffs, who had major injuries. She was taken to a local hospital where efforts to revive her were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead.

Preliminary reports show that Davis was southbound on East Manawa Drive and lost control going around a curve and slid sideways into on-coming traffic and was hit by a northbound SUV. The driver of the SUV, Sam Sequenzia of Omaha, suffered minor injuries.

Both vehicles were a total loss and the investigation into the accident is on-going.