Bedford Man Killed In Taylor County Accident

The Iowa State Patrol reports a Bedford man died in an off-road vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Taylor County.

The Iowa State Patrol reports 24 year old Clell Beason of Bedford was a passenger in an off-road vehicle that was heading northbound on Forest Avenue east of Gravity that skidded off the roadway. 24 year old Jesse Young of Lenox was the operator of the vehicle. He corrected the vehicle back to the roadway, but it then began skidding towards the other ditch. The driver again corrected the vehicle, but that caused the vehicle to roll.

Beason was not in a a safety device and was thrown from the vehicle. The vehicle landed on top of him.

The accident took place just after 12:30am.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Department assisted the Iowa State Patrol.