IA Woman Baylee Hess ID’d As Victim In Saturday Night Fatal Van Horne Benton County Crash

BENTON COUNTY, IA. (THECOUNT) — Baylee Nichole Hess has been identified as the Des Moines woman killed in a Benton County car crash Saturday evening, according to Sunday reports.

Hess, 26, was operating a vehicle on U.S. Highway 30 when she came into contact with a tractor-trailer on Saturday evening around 6:30 p.m.

A westbound tractor truck was driving on U.S. Highway 30 at about 6:30 p.m.; as it approached the highway’s intersection with 21st Avenue, roughly 20 miles west of Cedar Rapids, a northbound car driving on 21st Avenue failed to stop, reports DesmoinesRegister.

Hess’ vehicle crossed under the trailer of the truck and entered a culvert.

Hess was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

The driver of the big rig was uninjured in the violent collision.

Family and friends took to Facebook to remember the beloved young woman:

Geo quick facts: Benton County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,076. Its county seat is Vinton. The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. Benton County is part of the Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.