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APPANOOSE COUNTY, IOWA -- A Heartland woman has passed away after being involved in a fatal head-on collision on Highway 2 in Appanoose county.

According to the Appanoose County Sheriff's Office, around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon, Myra Vandermark, of Mystic, was driving a Ford Contour westbound on Highway 2, when her vehicle hit a Hyundai Sonata in the eastbound lane, occupied by Thomas Twohill and Janan Twohill, of Fairfield.

An eyewitness told law enforcement that Vandermark swerved into the eastbound lane to avoid crashing into the back of a truck that was turning right into a driveway.

Thomas Twohill was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Centerville and then later transported by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Janan Twohill was transported and released from Mercy Medical Center in Centerville.

Vandermark was extricated from her vehicle and  taken to Mercy Medical Center in Centerville. She was then later transported by air ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines where she later died.