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(Updated) Teen dies after his scooter is struck by a car in northwest Iowa

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August 3rd, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Sheldon, Iowa) [Updated 8:19 PM, 8/3/22) – A teenager who suffered life-threatening injuries when his scooter was struck by a car in northwest Iowa, Wednesday, has succumbed to those injuries. The accident happened in O’Brien County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 15-year male was riding a 2018 Honda NPS-50 scooter north of Sheldon. The scooter was traveling westbound on 280th Street at around 12:32-p.m. when it entered he intersection with Highway 60, and was struck by a 2016 Hyundai Elantra, traveling southbound on Highway 60. The driver of the car was identified as 71-year-old Bonnie Jean Allison, of Spencer. She was not hurt.

Following the collision, the car came to rest 300-feet south of the intersection, and the scooter came to rest in the middle of the intersection. The unidentified operator of the Honda was transported by Sheldon EMS to the hospital in Sheldon, where he later died. The accident remains under investigation.