(Boone County, Iowa) –  A collision between a pickup truck and a side-by-side utility vehicle Saturday afternoon in south central Boone County left one person dead and two others injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at the intersection of 280th Street and I Avenue, when the pickup and Honda UTV entered the uncontrolled intersection at the same time. Neither driver could see the other vehicle due to tall corn blocking their view. The accident happened at around 3:42-p.m.

Following the collision, both vehicles ended-up in a soybean field on the northwest corner of the intersection. The drive of the UTV, 55-year-old Bobby John Rodriguez, of Waukee, died at the scene. Two passengers in the UTV, 40-year-old Rebecca Sue Rodriguez and nine-year-old Noah Rodriguez, both of Waukee, were injured and flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Methodist Hospital. All three were wearing seat belts. The driver of the pickup, 74-year-old Wayne Melvin Reinhart, of Alleman, was not injured.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.