FD man dies in Audubon County crash
BRAYTON — A Fort Dodge man was killed Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Audubon County, according to Iowa State Patrol crash reports.
Lucas Degen, 27, died after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving around a curve on U.S. Highway 71, north of Brayton.
Speed and alcohol are believed to have been factors, the Iowa State Patrol reported.
He was traveling southbound in a Jeep Cherokee sometime after 7 a.m.
After failing to go around the curve, the Jeep rolled into the ditch.
It came to rest overturned against the trees, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
Degen was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, the Iowa State Patrol reported.