(Tama County, Iowa) –  A near head-on collision in eastern Iowa Wednesday evening claimed the life of a young adult and resulted in injuries to two older individuals. The Iowa State Patrol reports a VW GTI driven by 19-year-old Jason Thomas Payne, of Dysart, and a Ford F-150 pickup driven by 62-year-old Mark Anthony Bagenstos, of Evansdale, collided in an offset manner just south of 170th Street, as the VW was traveling southbound on Highway 21 and the pickup was traveling north. The crash happened northeast of Victor at around 5:34-p.m.

Thomas was pronounced deceased at the scene. Bagenstos and a passenger in his vehicle, 59-year-old Jeanne Kay Bagenstos, of Clutier, were injured in the crash and transported by ambulance to Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Each of the accident victims were wearing their seat belt.

The crash remained under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Tama County Sheriff’s Department and Dysart Police, Fire & EMS along with the Iowa DOT.