(Pottawattamie County) – A collision between an SUV and a semi Saturday evening south of Missouri Valley, claimed the life of a teenager from Omaha, Nebraska. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at around 5:50-p.m. in a construction zone on Interstate 29, between mile markers 70-75.

The 17-year-old male driver of a 2014 Subaru Forester died, when the vehicle crossed from the northbound lane into the southbound lane, and collided head-on with a 2016 International semi tractor-trailer. The accident happened while traffic was in a head-to-head area, with no separation between the lanes.

Following the collision, the Subaru became fully engulfed in flames when it came to rest on the traveled portion of the road. The semi left the road to the west and came to rest in the ditch. The driver of the semi, 39-year-old Robert D. Taylor, of Pensacola, FL, was not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.