BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa – A teen from eastern Iowa died during a collision Tuesday morning between a semi and passenger vehicle. The crash in Black Hawk County happened at around 7:43-a.m. at the intersection of S. Canfield Road and Independence Avenue, south of Dunkerton, when a Chevy Impala traveling east on Independence Avenue pulled-out in front of a semi tractor-trailer that was traveling southbound on Canfield Road.

Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest in the southeast ditch of the intersection, according to the Iowa State Patrol’s crash report. The driver of the car – 15-year-old Ciara Crisman, of Waterloo – was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi – 35-year-old Travis Rink, of Clarion – was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Dept., Dunkerton Police, fire and ambulance, and Jesup Fire Dept.