A Dubuque woman has died after crashing her car into a home Wednesday afternoon in rural Clinton County. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year-old Trisha Brookins was driving west on 190th Street when she apparently had a medical emergency. Troopers say Brookins entered a ditch, drove through a field and crashed into a house. Both the car and house then caught fire. Brookins was the only person in the vehicle and could not escape. No one else was injured. Brookins was a middle school teacher in the Central Dewitt School District.
