Eastern Iowa Woman Dies in School Bus Collision

Authorities have released the identity of a woman who was killed following a collision with a school bus in Eastern Iowa last Friday.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that the accident happened Friday afternoon at around 1:40 p.m. on Highway 218 at 61st Street just south of Vinton. The Iowa State Patrol stated that the driver of a Jeep Wrangler was southbound on 218 and stopped and waited to turn east on 651st Street. Her vehicle was struck from behind by a Vinton-Shellsburg school bus.

According to the Gazette, the Jeep was pushed into the path of another vehicle that was traveling north on 61st Street, causing a collision. The driver of the Jeep has been identified as 37-year-old Crystal Offerman of Vinton. She was transported to the University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City and later died of her injuries.

The Gazette reports that the Iowa State Patrol stated that Offerman was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. There were six children on the bus at the time of the collision. None were injured.

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