(Story County, Iowa) – A head-on crash Wednesday night east of Ames, left one person dead and another injured. According to a social media post by the Story County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened at around 11:30-p.m., Wednesday at the intersection of Highway 30 and Sand Hill Trail.

Authorities say their investigation and witness reports, determined a 2017 Jeep Renegade driven by 41-year-old Ashley Taylor, of Slater, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 30 before it collided with a 2006 Chevrolet Impala driven by 26-year-old Christian Royston, of Johnston.

Royston died at the scene. Taylor was transported to a Des Moines area hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries. The crash remains under investigation.