(Dows, Iowa) – A high-speed crash early Sunday morning in northern Iowa resulted in the death of 35-year-old man from Hampton. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2024 Subaru Forester driven by Ty Borcherding was traveling south at a high rate of speed on E. Railroad Street in Dows, at around 1:10-a.m., Sunday, when the vehicle left the road. The SUV vaulted into the air and struck a concrete grain elevator before coming to rest against the metal door of the elevator. The vehicle then burst into flames.

Borcherding died at the scene. The crash remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin General Ambulance, along with firefighters from Dows, Belmond and Clarion.