(Clarinda, Iowa) – An accident early this (Sunday) morning between Clarinda and New Market, in Page County, claimed the life of a man from Taylor County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 19-year-old Jase Michael Wilmes, of New Market, died when the pickup he was driving crashed at around 2:40-a.m. as it was traveling east on 210th Street, just east of Willow Avenue.

The pickup came up over a hill and went out of control before leaving the road to the left and into a ditch, where it struck multiple trees, went airborne, and landed upside down in the wooded area. The vehicle became engulfed in flames after it came to rest.

Wilmes – who was wearing his seat belt – died at the scene.