(Corrects vehicle 1 to a car) A man from Harrison County died, and two people from Pottawattamie County were hurt Tuesday, following a collision on Highway 30 in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1999 Saturn SL driven by 28-year old Cody Jay Grandmont, of Persia, was traveling west on the highway at around 6:45-p.m., when for reasons unknown, the car crossed the center line of the road, into the eastbound lanes, and collided head-on with a 1998 Buick Century.

Following the crash, both vehicles came to rest on the traveled portion of Highway 30. Grandmont, who was not wearing a seat belt, died from his injuries at the hospital in Missouri Valley. The driver of the Buick, 34-year old Rebecca Eileen Smith, and her passenger, 31-year old Austin Lee Tasich, both of Council Bluffs, were injured and transported by ambulance to Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Authorities say Smith was not wearing her seat belt, but Tasich was. The extent of their injuries was not released.

The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by Missouri Valley and Logan Fire and Rescue, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri Valley P-D and Iowa DOT road crews.