Ames Man Dies in Accident on I235

A 41-year-old Ames man died when the pickup he was driving left Interstate 235 in Polk County early Sunday.

Terry Lee Rehlander, of Ames, was driving a 1999 Dodge Pickup about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 235 when he left the right side of the roadway just before the northeast Broadway Avenue overpass, according to a release from the Iowa State Patrol. After leaving the roadway, the pickup struck a bridge and landed on northeast Broadway Avenue before coming to rest in the south ditch, a report from the Iowa State Patrol stated. Rehlander was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected, the release said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.