Belmond man dead after crash in Hamilton County

WEBSTER CITY —  A Belmond man is dead after an early Friday morning crash in Hamilton County.

The Iowa State Patrol says 29-year-old Jose Rodriguez Martinez lost control of his vehicle on a gravel surface of 190th Street west of White Fox Road and skidded into a cement culvert abutment in the ditch. Martinez was ejected from the vehicle with the vehicle remaining wedged between the abutment and the ditch slope.

Martinez was taken to the hospital in Webster City where he was pronounced dead. The accident remains under investigation.