The Iowa State Patrol reports that two people have died as a result of a wrong-way head-on collision in Jasper County.

Investigators say the accident happened shortly before 8:00 p.m. Thursday on State Highway 163 near the Monroe exit.

According to the state patrol, 79-year-old Dorothy Findlow of Monroe was traveling the wrong way on highway 163 when her SUV collided head-on with a second SUV driven by 46-year-old Delia Vance of Pella.

Vance was pronounced dead at the scene while Findlow later died at a Des Moines hospital.

The accident is still under investigation.