(Mitchell County, Iowa) – The driver of an SUV died this (Wednesday) morning, after the vehicle was struck by a train in northeast Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 62-year-old Kenneth Warrington, of St. Ansgar died in the crash that happened at around 10:15-a.m., southeast of Mitchell.

The Patrol says Warrington was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer north on Indigo Avenue, when he failed to yield to an eastbound train. His SUV was struck broadside on the driver’s side by the locomotive. Warrington died at the scene.  Osage First Responders and EMS assisted the Patrol at the crash site.