Pedestrian killed after being struck by a pickup in Madison County late Saturday night

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January 11th, 2026 by Ric Hanson

(Winterset, IA) – A man who ran onto a roadway in Winterset was struck and killed late Saturday night. The Iowa State Patrol reports 23-year-old Logan Smith, of Winterset, was he hit when a pickup entering Winterset traveling south on Highway 169, just past E. Madison Street, at around 10:45-p.m., Saturday.
The Patrol says Smith came out of the east ditch before running across Highway 169 and being struck by the 2014 Ford F-250 pickup driven by 18-year-old Jase Pettit, of Afton. Smith died at the scene.
Multiple area agencies responded to the site of the accident.