(Iowa Falls, Iowa) – A head-on crash Monday afternoon in northern Iowa’s Hardin County resulted in fatal injuries. The Iowa State Patrol says 83-year-old Philip J. Book, of Iowa Falls, was driving a 2018 Dodge RAM pickup southbound on County Road D-15 just before 2-p.m., Monday, when the vehicle crossed the center line of the road just west of Iowa Falls, and struck a northbound 2007 Dodge RAM pickup.  Book, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

The driver of the other pickup, 55-year-old Craig Bailey, of Alden, Iowa, was not injured. The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Falls Fire and EMS, and Hardin County Emergency Squad.