One person died, and another was injured, during a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon in eastern Iowa’s Benton County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2005 Chevy SUV was westbound on 77th Street Drive and a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix was traveling eastbound.

For reasons unknown, the SUV struck the car on 77th Street Driver, near 27th Avenue. The accident, which happened at around 2-p.m., remains under investigation. The names of the crash victims had not been released as of late Wednesday evening.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, Norway Fire & Rescue, Belle Plaine EMS and Blairstown Fire/EMS.