FORT DODGE, Iowa (WHO) — One teenager is dead and another was air-lifted to a Des Moines hospital following a single-vehicle crash at a Fort Dodge park late Tuesday night.
The Iowa State Patrol said 16-year-old Leah Lynch was driving a Chevy Malibu through Loomis Park just before 11:00 p.m. when she lost control and the car struck a tree. Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were two passengers in the vehicle with Lynch. Amyrra Lumsden, 16, was transported by air ambulance to a Des Moines hospital. Her condition has not been released. Jessie Leyja, also 16, was treated and released at the scene.
The ISP is continuing to investigate the crash.