(Pierson, Iowa) – A collision northeast of Pierson in northwest Iowa’s Cherokee County, Wednesday night, left one-person dead and another seriously injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened near 280 650th Street (County Road C-66), at around 8:40-p.m., as a2008 GMC Sierra with a flatbed trailer, and driven by 40-year-old Shane Beeson, of Pierson, was in the eastbound lane facing west, and preparing to back into a driveway. A 2010 Chevy HHR driven by 69-year-old Marilyn Ebert, of Washta, was traveling eastbound.

Ebert swerved off the road and struck the left of the pickup, before the HHR entered the south ditch. It continued eastbound over the driveway and rolled over, coming to rest in the south ditch. A passenger in the Chevy, 48-year-old Jerad Ebert, of Washta, who was not wearing a seat belt, died from his injuries. Marilyn Ebert was injured, and transported by helicopter to Mercyone Siouxland. The Patrol says she was wearing her seat belt.

Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Quimby and Washta Fire Departments.