(Emerson, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident at around 8-p.m. Tuesday near the Mills/Montgomery County line, claimed the life of a man from Pottawattamie County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 52-year-old Richard Keith Snyder, from Treynor, died when the 1998 Chevy 2500 pickup he was driving crashed off of Highway 34, near Emerson.

The pickup was traveling eastbound when it left the road to the right, crashed through a fence and across a creek before striking an embankment. Snyder died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. The accident remains under investigation.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office along with Emerson Fire & Rescue.