An accident in Shelby County Thursday afternoon claimed the life of a woman and resulted in a man being injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 4-pm. at the intersection of Highway 44 and Shelby County road M-16. Officials say the driver of a 2010 Nissan Versa, 58-year old Nancy Louise Madsen, of Persia, died at the scene. 52-year old Ronald Gene DeBoodt, of Shelby, was injured in the crash and transported by Harlan EMS to Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan.

Officials say DeBoot was traveling southbound in a 2005 Ford Taurus on M16 north of Highway 44, when he failed to stop at the stop sign and collided with Madsen’s vehicle. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.