An accident this (Thursday) morning on Highway 71 north of Brayton has claimed the life of a man from Texas. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2017 Dodge Challenger driven by 31-year old Nathaniel Ray Brockveldt, of Elgin, TX., was traveling north on Highway 71 at around 6:20-a.m., when for reasons unknown, the vehicle left the road and rolled several times before striking a tree and coming to rest on its roof in the northbound ditch. Brockveldt, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office, Exira Fire and Rescue, and Brayton Fire, and the Iowa DOT.