(Malvern, Iowa) – One person died Monday (Today), as the result of a single-vehicle accident southeast of Malvern, in Mills County. According to the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies were dispatched at around 12:01-p.m. to the crash near the intersection of Mulloney Ave and 330^th st.

Upon arrival, Deputies found a silver Toyota Rav4 had left the roadway and struck a tree in the north ditch. An investigation of the scene concluded the vehicle had partially gone off the roadway while traversing the curve. The driver tried to correct the vehicle back onto the roadway, in doing so, lost control of the vehicle, causing the collision with a tree.

The driver and sole occupant, Brooke Samms, of Malvern, died at the scene. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Malvern Fire and Rescue, Hastings Fire, Silver City Fire and Rescue, Oak Township fire and Rescue and Glenwood Rescue.