A man from Cass County died in a crash head-on crash Monday afternoon in Adair County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 59-year-old David Passehl, of Anita, died at the scene of the crash that happened south of Fontanelle at around 4:50-p.m. The Patrol says Passehl was traveling north on the Fontanelle Road south of 270th Street in a 1997 Ford F-250 pickup, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a 1998 Volvo semi, driven by 66-year old Phillip Lundy, of Orient. Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest on the road.

Lundy, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by Fontanelle Rescue to the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. The accident remains under investigation.