(Story County, Iowa) – One person died and two others were injured, Friday evening, when an ATV and a pickup truck collided head-on, southwest of Cambridge, in Central Iowa. According to the State Patrol, a 2022 Polaris ATV operated by 29-year-old  Spencer Alan Pote, of Maxwell, was traveling south on 570th Street at around 6:45-p.m.  A 2003 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 17-year old Chase Thomas Kratz, of Ames, was traveling north on 570th.

The Patrol says due to the dust cloud from a previous, non-contact vehicle, the vision of both drivers was obstructed, resulting in the collision. Spencer Pote died at the scene. Kratz, and a passenger in one of the vehicles, 37-year-old Travis Scott Petersen, of Nevada, were injured in the crash. Both were transported to Mercy Hospital, with Peterson taken by medical helicopter, and Kratz transported by Story County Rescue.

The accident remains under investigation.