(Red Oak, Iowa) – An accident Sunday night on the east side of Red Oak claimed the life of a man from Stanton. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Wednesday night, reported 21-year-old Jacob Brenner Helberg died at the scene of the crash at 200th Street and J Avenue. The accident happened at around 11:45-p.m. Sunday. Authorities say Helberg was unresponsive and trapped in a 2011 Mitsubishi Endeavor, when rescue crews and deputies arrived on the scene.

Due to the severity of the crash, medical personnel had to extract Helberg from the vehicle in order to try and save him. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.