(Carroll, Iowa) – A single vehicle accident north of Carroll this (Monday) morning claimed the life of an adult and a female juvenile. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened a little before 8-a.m. on Highway 71, south of 150th Street. A 2005 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 41-year-old Joshua Shelton, of Carroll, was traveling south on Highway 71. When the pickup passed another southbound vehicle, it went out of control as it returned to the southbound lane.

The pickup entered the west ditch and struck a Mid-American Energy power pole before coming to rest. Shelton and his unidentified juvenile passenger died at the scene. Both were wearing their seat belts.

Carroll Community School District Superintendent Casey Berlau sent a letter to families Monday announcing that a ninth-grade student at Carroll High School and the student’s father died in a crash, according to the Carroll Times-Herald. “The district has taken immediate steps to provide support by coordinating with Heartland AEA to make additional grief counselors available. They will be onsite in the coming days to offer assistance to both students and staff” Berlau said in the letter.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and Carroll County EMS. According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, four people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That number is 11 fewer than at the same point in 2023. Over the last five years, an average of 350 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.