(Bayard, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a tractor Tuesday afternoon in Greene County, resulted in the death of the tractor’s operator. The Iowa State Patrol reports 63-year-old Michael Thomas Dahl, of Bayard, was driving the tractor south on Highway 25, just south of 320th Street at around 3:40-p.m., when the machine was struck from behind by a 1989 Mercury passenger car. The accident happened north of Bayard.

The driver of the car was identified as 62-year-old Neal Schoon, of Bayard.

The Patrol says following the collision, the car came to rest in the center of the road. The tractor was pushed into the west ditch. The impact caused Dahl to be knocked-off of the tractor. He died at the scene.

The crash remained under investigation. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies assisted at the scene.