Rock Rapids, IA (KICD)– A Matlock woman is dead following a head-on crash Thursday afternoon in Lyon County.

The Iowa State Patrol says a Ford Taurus driven by 71-year-old Carol Fliear was eastbound on Highway 9 about four east of Rock Rapids around 12:30 when the car crossed the center line and collided with a westbound semi.

Fliear was taken to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries. The semi driver, 64-year-old Gregory Krieger of Sibley declined medical treatment at the scene.