CORYDON, Iowa — A head-on collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer Friday morning in southeast Iowa, claimed the life of a man from Chariton. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened on Highway 14 in Wayne County at around 8:30-a.m. For reasons unknown, a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 44-year-old Brian Irving, swerved in front of an oncoming semi near Corydon.

The 43-year-old driver of the semi, a man from Henderson, Nevada, tried to avoid the collision but could not. Irving died at the scene. The truck driver was not injured in the crash. The crash remains under investigation.