(Story County, Iowa) – A vehicle eluding law enforcement crashed into the rear of a another vehicle Wednesday night, resulting in the death of the driver of the second vehicle. The accident happened on Highway 210 near 630th Avenue, west of Maxwell, in Story County, at around 9:40-p.m.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, a marked law enforcement vehicle with its emergency lights activated, was pursing a 2018 Mazda 6 traveling at a high rate of speed and driven by 30-year-old Micah William Denman, of Ankeny, when the Mazda crashed into the rear of a 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo driven by 51-year-old Duane E. Sievert, of Maxwell.

The Chevy then traveled off the road and rolled over. Sievert died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation. Denman is charged with homicide by vehicle. He was booked into the Story County Jail.