(Monroe County, Iowa) – A crash between two pickups in southern Iowa Friday afternoon left one of the drivers dead, the other injured. Both men were from Albia. The Iowa State Patrol reports a pickup driven by 22-year-old Cody Christopher Kosman was traveling south on 655th Avenue (a gravel road) north of Albia at around 2:45-p.m. A pickup driven by 26-year-old Jonathan Michael Bedell was traveling north 655th, following a truck that was kicking up gravel dust.

The dust created a low visibility situation. The 2004 Chevy Silverado driven by Kosman passed by the truck and entered the dust on the front driver’s corner. The vehicle collided with a 2011 Silverado, driven by Bedell. Kosman died at the scene. Bedell was transported to the Monroe County Hospital by ambulance. Neither man was wearing a seat belt.