One person died late Sunday morning during a single-vehicle accident in eastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 81-year old John L. Hintermeister, of Muscatine, was traveling south in the 2500 block of Pettibone Avenue in Muscatine County, when his 2003 Ford Thunderbird left the road and collided with a pile of rocks. The accident, which happened at around 11:36-a.m., Sunday, remains under investigation.

And in northern Iowa’s Winneshiek County, four people were injured during a collision that happened at around 7:35-p.m., Sunday. The Patrol reports a 2009 Chevy Equinox SUV was traveling west on 210th Street, when it collided with the left side of a haybinding machine pulled by an eastbound 1977 International tractor. Afterward, the SUV went out of control and entered the south ditch. The driver, 22-year old Joshua D. Willie, of Cresco, was not injured, but four of his passengers were. The driver of the tractor, 61-year old Alan J. Elsbernd, of Calmar, was not hurt.

The injured passengers in the SUV were identified as 16-year old Jay Gossman, 21-year old Laci Albert, and 22-year old Willie Gannon, all of Cresco, and 24-year old Zoe Thibadeu, of Clermont. All were wearing their seat belts. Gossmann was transported by ambulance to the hospital in Cresco. Thibadeau and Albert were taken by ambulance to the hospital in Decorah, while Gannon was flown to Gunderson Hospital by Gundersen Air Ambulance.