One person is dead after a single vehicle accident in Grimes this morning.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s office, emergency crews responded to the intersection of Highway 141 and Highway 44 at approximately 7:24am. A 2011 Chevrolet Aveo was traveling southbound on highway 141 when the vehicle crossed the center median and northbound lanes before entering the east ditch and rolling into a field.
The driver, later identified as 57 year-old Norman Dentlinger of Coon Rapids, was transported to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines via Grimes EMS and was later pronounced dead.
Updated from original posting at 8:23am on July 9, 2012.