(St. Charles, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident Wednesday evening in central Iowa’s Warren County has claimed the life of a man from Texas. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2016 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 57-year-old Russell George Menth, of Leonard, TX, was traveling north on I-35 at around 5:30-p.m., when the vehicle left the road near mile marker 53.5

The pickup entered the west ditch and struck several trees and an embankment. Russell died at the scene. He was not wearing seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.