(Rural Taylor County, Iowa) – A UTV accident early this (Saturday) morning in Taylor County, claimed the life of a man from Bedford. The Iowa State Patrol reports a passenger in the vehicle, 24-year-old Clelland David Beason, of Bedford, died at the Clarinda hospital, after he was ejected from a 2015 Polaris Razor that went out of control and rolled on top of him. The accident happened at around 12:36-a.m., on northbound Forest Avenue, between 190th Street and 185th Lane.

The Patrol says the UTV, driven by 24-year-old Jesse Lee Young, of Lenox, skidded off the roadway into the west ditch. Young corrected back onto the roadway, causing the UTV to skid again, this time toward the east ditch. Young over-corrected, causing the vehicle to roll over on the road. Clelland Beason was not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected through the side window area before the UTV rolled on top of him.

The Iowa State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office and Clarinda Medic 4.