(Lyon County, IA) – One person is dead after the pickup truck they were driving was struck by a train in northwest Iowa, Tuesday afternoon. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2026 Ford F-350 pickup was traveling west on 110th Street north of Lester, at around 12:33-p.m., when the driver failed to yield to a Burlington-Northern-Sante Fe (BNSF) train that was southbound. The crash happened just west of Dogwood Avenue.

Following the collision, the pickup truck rolled and caught fire. The driver – whose name was being withheld, pending notification of family – died at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.