(Sioux County, Iowa) – A collision late Saturday night west of Boyden, in northwest Iowa’s Sioux County, left one person dead and another injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports an SUV driven by 21-year-old Enrique De Leon Martinez, of Sioux Center, was traveling east on Highway 18 at around 11:10-p.m., just west of Jay Avenue, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle crossed the center line and into the westbound lane, where it collided with a van driven by 63-year-old Brian Dean Bouma, of Hull.

Bouma – who was wearing his seat belt – died in the crash. Martinez – who was also wearing his seat belt -was injured and transported to the Stanford Sheldon Hospital by Sheldon Ambulance. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

And, in eastern Iowa’s Marshall County, two people were injured during a crash early this (Sunday) morning. The State Patrol says a Honda Civic driven by 18-year-old Boe Meh, of Marshalltown, was traveling east at a high rate of speed on East Olive Street in Marshalltown, when the car went out of control at the intersection with South 12th Avenue. The vehicle struck a fairgrounds sign and rollover over. The accident happened at around 1:15-a.m.

Meh – who wore a seat belt – was injured and transported to the Marshall County Hospital by Marshalltown Rescue. A passenger in the car, 18-year-old Kiana Gricelda Zamora, of Marshalltown – who was not wearing a seat belt – was injured and flown by LifeFlight helicopter to the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.

Marshalltown Police assisted at the scene. The crash remained under investigation.