STORY COUNTY, Iowa — A head-on crash east of Ames Wednesday night left a Johnston man dead and a Slater woman hospitalized.

The Story County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a crash at Highway 30 and Sand Hill Trail at 11:30 p.m. Officials say the investigation into the collision indicates a Jeep Renegade driven by 41-year-old Ashley Taylor was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 30 when it struck a Chevy Impala head-on.

The driver of the Impala, 26-year-old Christian Royston, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Taylor was transported to a Des Moines hospital by air ambulance. The SCSO said she suffered serious injuries in the crash.

The crash investigation is ongoing.