A nine-year old died in a single-vehicle accident Sunday night, in northwest Iowa’s Ida County. The Iowa State Patrol reports Hayden Dale Juelfs, of Correctionville, was a passenger in a 2003 Lincoln Towncar. The vehicle, driven by 33-year-old Ethan David Juelfs, of Washta, IA, was traveling southbound on Iowa Highway 31 at around 6:23-p.m., when Juelfs swerved to miss a deer.

The car went off the left side of the road, overturned and went airborne into a ravine, where it struck a tree. The nine-year old, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.The crash remains under investigation.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Holstein Ambulance, Correctionville Fire, Washita Fire, and the Ida County Medical Examiner.