(Battle Creek, Iowa) – A collision between a pickup and a car Friday morning in northwest Iowa’s Ida County, left one man dead and another injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 7:30-a.m. on Ida County road L-51 south of Battle Creek, near 297th Street.

A 2013 Dodge pickup driven by 33-year-old Colton Claussen, of Schleswig, was traveling north on L-51, when the pickup crossed the center line, for reasons unknown. The vehicle struck a southbound 1999 Pontiac sedan driven by 59-year-old Russell Mefferd, of Battle Creek.

Following the collision, the pickup truck rolled over and landed on its wheels before coming to rest. The car spun around and came to rest in the west ditch off L51. Russell Mefferd died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. Claussen was not wearing his seat belt. He was transported by Ida County EMS to Horn Memorial Hospital, in Ida Grove.

The accident remains under investigation.