(Logan, IA) – A collision Monday evening in Harrison County resulted a death and one person seriously injured. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 5:42-p.m. on Highway 30, near 260th Street (Southwest of Logan). Authorities say a 2012 Toyota Rav 4 (SUV) was traveling east of Highway 30 and a 2018 pickup was traveling westbound.

The SUV crossed the centerline of the roadway and collided with the pickup truck in the westbound lane of travel. The driver of the SUV, 30-year-old Merari Eduviges Perez, of Manilla, died from injuries sustained in  the collision. The driver of the pickup, 57-year-old Daryl Jay Fichter, of Missouri Valley, was injured, and transported by Harrison County EMS to the Missouri Valley Hospital. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

The Patrol was assisted by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and Logan Police.