JASPER COUNTY – A collision between a pickup truck and a semi in rural Jasper County over the weekend took the life of a Lynnville woman.

According to traffic records, on Saturday afternoon, at around 4:27pm, 39-year-old Leticia Penate de Rodriguez of Des Moines was driving a semi truck for Lightning Logistics southbound on Highway T-22 as 56-year-old Gerry Lee VanDyke of Lynnville was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck northbound on T-22, when the right tires of the semi truck went off the edge of the road, resulting in the semi truck overcorrecting to the left and crossing the center line into the northbound lane. The pickup truck took evasive action to the right but collided head-on with the semi truck and both vehicles traveled off the roadway and into the ditch.

51-year-old Jill Christine VanDyke was a passenger in the pickup truck and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck was transported to MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, while the driver of the semi truck suffered no injuries. The accident remains under investigation.