(Radio Iowa) – Plymouth County authorities have released the name of a person who died in a two-car crash near Remsen on Wednesday afternoon.  Killed during that accident was 68-year-old Israel Verastegui of Worthington, Minnesota. Verastegui was traveling north on Highway 140 in a 2003 Dodge Intrepid, when he failed to yield to the Highway 3 traffic. 34-year old Jose Everado Cutino Ramirez, also of Worthington, Minnesota, a passenger in the car, suffered minor injuries.

The other vehicle was a 2000 Chevy Venture driven by 69-year-old Jerry Ashenfelter of Le Mars. The van was traveling east on Highway 3 when the collision occurred. Ashenfelter suffered minor injuries during the crash. Both vehicles were a total loss.