The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports an Atlantic man died when his pickup struck a house in Treynor this (Tuesday) morning. The driver was identified as 79-year old Francis “Gary” Symonds.

Authorities say Symonds was driving a 2012 Chevy Silverado pickup northbound on 300th Street at around 8:15-a.m., when the vehicle left the road to the right and then left before traveling through three residential yards and striking a residence near the intersection of Countryside Drive.

Pottawattamie County deputies and Treynor Rescue personnel arrived about 10-minutes after the crash was reported. The pickup truck had struck the residence and partially destroyed the foundation.  Francis Symonds was deceased by the time rescue crews arrived. The homeowner was in the residence at the time of the accident, but no one in the home was injured.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.