Moped rider dies after colliding with car in NW Iowa

(Sheldon, IA) — A teenage moped driver has died after an accident in northwest Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports that about 12:30 P-M Wednesday, a 15-year-old boy was driving a moped westbound on a hard-surfaced road that crosses a four-lane divided expressway — Highway 60 — four miles north of Sheldon. The report says that the boy proceeded into the intersection and struck a car that had been southbound on the highway. An ambulance took him to a local hospital where he later died. The other driver was not injured.