DES MOINES COUNTY, Iowa — A man died Tuesday morning after a crash on Highway 34, according to a news release from the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office.
At about 9:40 a.m. on Dec. 27, deputies responded to the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 34 near mile marker 253 west of Danville Road after a report of a car accident.
Investigators found that a vehicle had been driven off the roadway, where it went on to strike two culverts and come to rest in the highway's south ditch.
The driver, identified as 42-year-old Stephen Dockendorff, was found inside the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident is still under investigation.
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