(Lake Mills, Iowa) – A single vehicle accident Wednesday evening in northern Iowa, claimed the life of a man from Minnesota. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1992 Buick Roadmaster driven by 69-year-old David Wayne Mason, of Elmore, MN., was traveling north on Highway 69 near 440th Street, in Winnebago County, when the vehicle left the road west of Lake Mills and entered the east ditch before vaulting over 440th Street, and rolling over. The accident happened at around 4:50-p.m.

Mason, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car and died at the scene. The Patrol was assisted during their accident investigation by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department and Lake Mills Police.