(Mt. Ayr, Iowa) –  The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office reports a man injured Monday (Dec. 13) in an accident north of Mount Ayr, has succumbed to those injuries. Authorities say 89-year-old George Allan Hosfield, of Tingley, was driving a 2013 Ford Fusion Southbound at around 6-p.m. Monday on Highway 169 near 170th Street, when the car went out of control. The vehicle came to rest in the Northbound ditch.

Hosfield was airlifted to the hospital and later died from injuries he suffered in the crash. Personnel with the Mt. Ayr Fire Department and Ringgold County EMS assisted at the scene.