(UPDATE) – The Iowa State Patrol has identified a Martelle man killed in a crash Wednesday morning in Jones County. Iowa State Patrol says a Ford Ranger driven by 77-year-old Jimmy Kent Offen was heading westbound on Highway 151 near Basham Lane when he lost control, crossed the median, and hit a Chevy Impala head-on. Offen died from his injuries. The driver of the Impala was injured and taken to UIHC for injuries.

PREVIOUS REPORT:

(Fairview, Iowa) – A collision this (Wednesday) morning near Fairview in eastern Iowa’s Jones County, left one person dead and another injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 1999 Ford Ranger pickup was traveling west on Highway 151 just east of Basham Lane at around 8:45-a.m., when the vehicle went out of control and crossed the median before striking a 2006 Chevy Impala head-on, as the car was traveling east on Highway 151.

The pickup came to rest in the outside ditch of Hwy 151, southbound, while the car came to rest in the outside lane of Hwy 151 southbound. The names of the drivers were not immediately released.