(Red Oak, Iowa) – A man on an ATV died Monday evening near Red Oak, after the machine overturned into a creek bed. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Rhamy reports Jay Douglas Woodward, of Red Oak, died after attempts to safe his life were unsuccessful. Chief Rhamy says the Montgomery County Communications Center received a call about the ATV accident on the trails west of the levy off of Oak Street, at around 5:31-p.m.

Upon arrival of Red Oak Police and Red Oak Rescue, responders located an ATV in the creek bed, with Woodward trapped beneath the machine. After he was extricated, medical personnel attempted to save him, but it was too late.

Red Oak Police were assisted at the scene by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies, Red Oak Fire and Rescue, Montgomery County Emergency Management, and Montgomery County Communications.