(Des Moines County, IA) – One person died and another was injured during a head-on crash early  this (Monday) morning, in southeast Iowa’s Des Moines County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 2:10-a.m. on U-S Highway 34 at mile marker 255.

The Patrol says a 2002 Chevy S-10 pickup was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Highway 34, when it struck a 2012 Hyundai Sonata. The collision resulted in the driver of the pickup being ejected from their vehicle. The names of the crash victims have not been released at this time.

The crash remained under investigation.