(In an update to our earlier reports) – The Iowa State Patrol says one person died and another was injured during a head-on collision Friday evening in northern Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County. Authorities say a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by 80-year old Richard Westcott, of Clear Lake, and a 1991 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 51-year old Travis Stohr, of Woden, collided in a fiery crash that happened at around 6:36-p.m. Friday on U-S Highway 122, near the Mason City Airport.

Authorities say the van was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of Highway 122, at the same time the pickup was traveling in the same lane. The vehicles collided in the left lane of westbound 122. Westcott died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. Stohr was also not wearing a seat belt. He was transported by medical helicopter to a hospital in Rochester, MN.

The accident remains under investigation.