A 73-year-old woman died during a crash early Monday morning in east central Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports Hazel Ann Griffiths was driving a 2015 Lincoln MKC westbound on Tama County Road E-66, and failed to stop at a posted intersection with Highway 30. Her SUV entered eastbound traffic of Highway 30 and collided with the front of a 2006 Acura TL. The accident happened at around 6:50-a.m.

Griffith died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, 21-year old Molly Elizabeth Watt, of Melbourne, was injured and transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Both women were wearing their seat belts.