MONROE COUNTY, Iowa — One person is dead and another is injured following a crash in Monroe County on Wednesday afternoon, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.
30-year-old Andrew Gunter was traveling east on Highway 34 between 197th Trail and 595th Avenue when he crossed the center line and hit the driver's side of a vehicle traveling west at around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Both cars rolled, with Gunter's car coming to rest on its roof and the second vehicle entering the north ditch.
Gunter and a passenger in his vehicle were both extricated from the car. The passenger was transported to a local hospital, but Gunter was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the second vehicle was uninjured.
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