The Iowa State Patrol is investigating two accidents, one of which resulted in a fatality. Authorities say at around 11:44-a.m. Sunday, a 2008 Chevy pickup was traveling south on Highway 218 at a high rate of speed in southeast Iowa’s Washington County, when, according to witnesses, the vehicle went out of control. It entered the west ditch, vaulted a small creek and made contact with a tree, before coming to rest beside the tree. The driver, 25-year-old Brenden Poole, of Ossian, died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. A minor passenger in the vehicle was injured.

And, at around 8:45-p.m. Friday, a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 52-year-old William Cleveland, of Nashua, was traveling south in a construction zone on Highway 218 north of Nashua (in Floyd County). When the cycle went onto the west shoulder, and crossed back over the road, Cleveland was thrown from the machine. He was transported by ambulance to the Floyd County Medical Center.