A Moravia woman was killed in an afternoon crash north of Unionville, Iowa.

It happened just after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 415th Street and Highway T61.

According to the Appanoose County Sheriff's Office, Robert Leffler, 49, of Moravia, Iowa, was driving northbound and lost control.

The vehicle had left the road and struck a bridge guard rail which caused the vehicle to vault off an embankment and come to a final resting spot in the creek bed.

When emergency personnel arrived, they found that the female driver had been ejected from the vehicle.

The crash is being investigated by the Iowa State Patrol with the assistance of the Appanoose County Sheriff.