One person died and another was injured during a collision early this (Friday) morning, in southeast Iowa’s Jefferson County. The Iowa State Patrol says at around 1:10-a.m., a 2002 Pontiac driven by 50-year old Richard Dwayne Boyd, Jr., of Fairfield, was traveling north on Highway 1, when it crossed the center line of the road. The car collided head-on with a southbound 2008 Kia. driven by 28-year old Tylor James Lewman, of Birmingham (IA). Both vehicles came to rest in opposite ditches. Authorites say neither driver was wearing a seat belt. Richard Boyd, Jr. died at the scene. Lewman was transported by Midwest Ambulance to the Jefferson County Health Center, in Fairfield.

The accident remains under investigation.