(Anita, IA) – A crash late Saturday night in western Adair County resulted in the death of a Cass County teen.
The Iowa State Patrol said a 2014 Chevy Equinox SUV driven by an unidentified 17-year-old from Anita, was traveling south in the 1600 block of Brown Avenue south of 160th Street in western Adair County, when it left the road to the right, entered a ditch and traveled in the ditch before it hit a culvert.
The SUV with a total of five occupants rolled over and came to rest on the driver’s side. The accident happened at around 11:26-p.m. All five occupants were able to exit the vehicle and were transported to Cass Health (Cass County Memorial Hospital) in Atlantic by private vehicles. One of the teens, a 17-year-old from Lewis, died from their injuries. None of the names were released
The Adair County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.
