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(Wapello County, IA) -- A North Carolina woman is hospitalized after her car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing near Ottumwa.
According to the Iowa State Patrol Crash Report, the driver of the car, 57-year-old Juan Juarez failed to yield to the oncoming train and was struck. Both Juarez and the backseat passenger were not hurt.
The front-seat passenger, 57-year-old Maria Juarez was airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospital with serious injuries.