(Rock Rapids, Iowa) – The driver of a pickup truck died Friday afternoon, after his vehicle was struck by a semi about three-miles east of Rock Rapids, in Lyon County.

The Iowa State Patrol reports 64-year-old Steven Cuperus, of George (IA), was traveling east on Highway 9 at around 2:25-p.m., when his pickup was struck by the semi, which was traveling south on Indian Avenue.

Cuperus died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the semi, 28-year-old Matthew Wieber, of Benson, MN, was injured, and transported to a local hospital by ambulance.

The accident remained under investigation.