(Emerson, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol today (Tuesday) released information on a fatal, fiery crash that took place in Mills County, Saturday. Authorities say the person who died was not identified. Their name was being withheld pending confirmation of identity. The accident happened at around 8-p.m. Saturday on Highway 59, south of Bradford Avenue, in Emerson. According to the report, a Chevy SUV was traveling south on Highway 59, when it dropped-off onto the right shoulder of the road. The driver over-corrected, causing the vehicle to skid across the road and strike a guardrail.

The Chevy SUV then hit a northbound 2022 Ford Explorer driven by 61-year-old Dwight Charles Mayer, of Essex, and then came to rest on the guard rail before becoming engulfed in flames. The Ford SUV came to rest in the northbound lane. Mayer, and a passenger in his SUV, 59-year-old Christy Lee Mayer, also of Essex, were injured. Both were flown by LifeNet to the UNMC in Omaha.

The crash remains under investigation.