One person died and another was injured during a crash Monday afternoon on Warren County Road R-63. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the driver of a 2008 Nissan Sentra, 29-year old Jenny Somvong, of Indianola, who was wearing her seat belt, died from injuries she suffered in the crash. The driver of a 2006 Buick Rainier CXL, 29-year old Cody Meyer, also of Indianola, was wearing his seat belt, but was injured in the crash and transported to Mercy Hospital by ambulance.
The Patrol says Meyer was southbound on R-63 when his SUV left the road and struck the west guardrail. The vehicle bounced off the guardrail and entered the northbound lane, where it hit the Buick as it was crossing the Middle River Bridge.
The accident happened at around 4:42-p.m., Monday.