(Buffalo Center, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a pickup truck in northeastern Iowa, Saturday afternoon, left one person dead and two others injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2014 Ford Fusion, 78-year-old Richard Hensel, of Monticello, MN, died in the crash. A passenger in his vehicle, 77-year-old Gloria Hensel, also of Monticello, MN, and the driver of a 2002 Ford F-250 pickup, 61-year-old Dean Balvance, of Buffalo Center, were injured in the collision.

The accident happened at around 2:52-p.m., N. of Buffalo Center. The Patrol says the pickup driven by Balvance was traveling north on 20th Avenue, while the car was traveling south. The car turned in front of the pickup to made a left turn into a residence, when it was struck.

Richard Hensel died at the scene. Dean Balvance and Gloria Hensel were transported by ambulance to a hospital in Blue Earth, Minnesota. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Dept., and the Buffalo Center and Forest City Ambulance services.