(Clarion, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident late Sunday evening about eight-miles south of Clarion, in Wright County, left one person dead and two others injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2009 Chevy Cobalt driven by 24-year-old Josue Castanon Coronado was traveling south on Wright County Road R-38 at around 7:20-p.m., Sunday, when the passenger side tires dropped-off the edge of the road. Coronado over-corrected, causing the car to lose control.

The vehicle struck a utility pole and entered a cornfield and caught fire after the car came to rest. Coronado, and two passengers in the car – 20-year-old Antoni Emmanuel Castanon-Coronado, and 36-year-old Michael Mendez-Mendez, of Webster City – were ejected. None of the victims were wearing seat belts. Mendez died from his injuries.The other victims were injured.