(Henry County, IA) – A single vehicle crash involving a car early Saturday morning in southeastern Iowa resulted in the death of the driver. The Iowa State Patrol reports 26-year-old Jaden Eugene Williams, of Eddyville, was driving a 2017 Chevy Malibu northbound on Highway 34/218 on the eastern side of Mount Pleasant, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle left the road to the right and struck an embankment.

The car vaulted into a bridge before coming to rest. The accident happened at around 12:24-a.m., Saturday. Williams died at the scene.

The Patrol was assisted in its investigation by the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Pleasant Police, EMS, Fire, and the Henry County Medical Examiner’s Office.