(Mason City, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Mason City, claimed the life of a 54-year-old woman. The Iowa State Patrol says Pamela Marie Okerstrom, of Mason City, was driving a 2012 Nissan Juke eastbound on 210th Street at around 7-a.m., Tuesday, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle left the road, entered the south ditch and vaulted a field driveway. When it vaulted the driveway, the car wen airborne, landed and rolled before coming to rest.

Okerstrom was ejected as the vehicle rolled and died at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt. The Patrol was assisted at the crash site by Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as Mason City Fire and EMS.