DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The driver of an SUV is dead after the vehicle slammed into a tree near a home in Des Moines.
Police say the accident happened just before 6 a.m. Monday. The driver, 39-year-old Trayvon Cathren of Des Moines, was the only person in the SUV that struck a tree in the 1900 block of Mondamin Avenue. Cathren was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash scene was near a home but no one else was hurt.
Police say excessive speed and failure to maintain control were factors in the accident.
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