(State Center, Iowa) – In an update to our previous report, the Iowa State Patrol, Thursday night, said a man on a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) has died from injuries he suffered Wednesday afternoon, when the UTV he was operating was struck by an SUV in Marshall County. 78-year-old Jeffrey Larsen. of State Center died after he was transported by helicopter to Methodist Hospital, in Des Moines.

The accident happened at around 3:40-p.m. Wednesday near State Center, when the 2021 Polaris XP-1000 Larsen was operating was struck by a 2010 Ford Edge SUV, near 190th Street and Binford Avenue.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, the SUV, driven by an (unidentified) 16-year-old, and the UTV, were both traveling eastbound on 190th Street, when the UTV entered a farm field access road, with Larsen intending to make a U-turn and head back west. When he pulled the machine out onto the roadway, it was struck by the right front side of the SUV.

The driver of the SUV and their passenger were not injured in the collision.