A pursuit initiated by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper Sunday afternoon in Scott County, led to a fatal crash. The State Patrol reports a Trooper was attempting to make a traffic stop on a 2005 Buick passenger car on I-80 eastbound approaching I-280, when the driver of the Buick, 31-year old Kathryn Anne Burkhead, of Donahue, failed to yield.

The chase exited I-80 onto I280 and then onto Kimberly Road eastbound, where the Buick went out of control just west of the intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. The Buick went into the opposite lane, and was struck broadside by a 2013 Jeep, driven by 22-year old Emilie Anne Heggen, of Iowa City. The accident happened at around 4:35-p.m.

After the impact, the Buick rolled onto its roof, and the Jeep came to rest in the north ditch. Burkhead died at the scene. Heggen was transported to a local hospital by ambulance. Both women were wearing their seat belts. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.