(Des Moines, Iowa) – A collision Tuesday night between a 2010 Mini Cooper and a Iowa DOT Maintenance vehicle, resulted in the death of a 17-year old male, and serious injuries to an 18-year-old female. The Iowa State Patrol says the DOT vehicle was traveling south on the inside shoulder of I-35, conducting maintenance activities, when the car driven by Marshall B. McManus, of Urbandale, left the road and hit the DOT vehicle in the rear.

McManus – who was wearing a seat belt – died from his injuries at a hospital in Des Moines. His passenger, Gracie M. Crow, of Norwalk, was transported to the same hospital. She was also wearing a seat belt. The DOT driver was not injured. The accident remains under investigation.