A 65-year-old man from Urbandale was pronounced dead at MercyOne after hitting a tree early Saturday morning.
Early Saturday morning, a Des Moines Police Department patrol officer witnessed a vehicle hitting a tree, which resulted in the death of the driver, a 65-year-old Urbandale man, according to DMPD spokesperson Paul Parizek. At 5:46 a.m., a Des Moines Police officer initiated CPR on the man — whose name is being withheld until family is notified — at the 1600 block of SE 14th Street, Parizek said in the news release.
