(Dedham, Iowa) – One person is dead and another was injured during a collision early  this (Wednesday) morning near Dedham, in Carroll County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2016 Chevy Tahoe was traveling westbound on Highway 141 and approaching the intersection with 330th Street, at the same time a 2023 International semi was traveling eastbound past the same intersection. The SUV went left of center and collided with the semi in the eastbound lane before it struck cable barriers on the north shoulder and came to rest. The semi came to rest in the south ditch. The accident happened at around 5:50-a.m.

The driver of the SUV, 29-year-old James Stovall, from Mobile, AL, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The driver of the semi, 34-year-old Derek Pittenger, of Owens Cross Roads, AL, was injured and transported by Carroll EMS to St. Anthony Hospital, in Carroll.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department.