A head-on collision in eastern Iowa claimed two lives, Saturday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports both drivers, 62-year old Bradford J. Stiles, of Iowa City, and 35-year old Lydia Louise Schirmer, of Williamsburg, died, when their vehicles collided at around 8:45-a.m. on Highway 151, just south of Amana.

The Patrol says a 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by Stiles, was traveling north on Highway 151 at the Iowa River bridge, when the vehicle went out of control on the frost covered bridge. The pickup crossed the centerline of the road and struck Schirmer’s 2008 Honda CRV. Both vehicles came to rest on the road. Both drivers died at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Iowa County Sheriff’s Department, Amana Fire Department and 1st Responders, and an Iowa DOT maintenance crew.