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Madison County man dies in NE IA rollover accident

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June 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A man from Madison County died Friday afternoon during a single-vehicle rollover accident in northeast Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 72-year old Richard L. Martin, of Earlham, who was wearing his seat belt, died at the hospital in Waverly after the 2004 Ford Ranger he was driving crashed at around 2:11-p.m., Friday.

The Patrol says Martin was traveling north on Highway 218 in Bremer County, when for reasons unknown, his pickup left the road and entered a ditch at the Janesville interchange. The truck rolled several times before coming to rest in the ditch.

The accident remains under investigation.