(Webster City, Iowa) – A man from Wright County died during a single-vehicle accident Friday morning, in Hamilton County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened around 8:40 am on 190th Street, north of Webster City. 29-year-old Jose Rodriguez Martinez, of Belmond, was driving on the gravel road when he apparently lost control. The 2010 Dodge Avenger he was driving went into the ditch and hit a cement culvert abutment west of the intersection with White Fox Road. The car remained wedged between the abutment and ditch slope.

The State Patrol says Martinez – who was wearing a seat belt – was thrown from his vehicle. The crash remained under investigation. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Webster City Fire Department, and Van Diest Ambulance assisted at the scene.