POWESHIEK COUNTY – One person is dead after a single-vehicle accident in rural Poweshiek County yesterday.

Traffic records show that yesterday, at around 11:30am, a red Peterbuilt dump truck was loaded with gravel and driving westbound on Highway 85 in Poweshiek County. Around the 1600 block of Highway 85, the dump truck experienced a tire failure, causing the driver to lose control and leave the roadway on the south side. The truck went into the ditch and the driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle.

The driver and lone occupant of the truck was identified as 52-year-old Christopher Phillip Hudnut of Logan, Iowa. The injuries he sustained in the crash and subsequent ejection were fatal, and he was transported to Holland Coble Funeral Home.