(Belle Plain, Iowa) – A head-on crash between a car and a semi left one person dead Sunday evening, in eastern Iowa’s Benton County. The Iowa State Patrol says the collision happened on Highway 30 near 14th Avenue, northeast of Belle Plain, at around 6:20-p.m.

Authorities say a 2004 Honda CRV was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of U-S Highway 30, when it struck an eastbound 2014 Freightliner, driven by 52-year-old John J. Schaufenbuel, of Fredericksburg. Both vehicles came to rest in the south ditch.

The driver of the Honda died at the scene. Their name was being withheld by authorities, pending notification of family.