(Appanoose County, Iowa) – A collision Saturday evening between a pickup truck and an SUV in southern Iowa, left the driver of the pickup dead and two people in the SUV injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the pickup, driven by 63-year-old Jeffrey Robert Underwood, of Centerville, was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Highway 2 in Centerville, at around 6:10-p.m., when his vehicle struck the SUV, driven by 59-year-old Ronald Kevin Bedford, of Sun City West, AZ.

The crash occurred just east of the intersection with North B Street, on the northwest side of Centerville. Underwood, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. Ronald Bedford, and a passenger in his SUV, 68-year-old Esther Bedford, of Sun City West, AZ, were injured and transported by Centerville EMS to Mercy Hospital in Centerville. Both were wearing their seat belts. A report on their condition was not immediately available.

Numerous agencies assisted at the crash scene, according to the State Patrol. The accident remains under investigation.