1 Killed, 1 Injured in Crash on Interstate 80 in Poweshiek County

1 killed, 1 injured in crash on Interstate 80 in Poweshiek County

Two fatal crashes happened within an hour of one another on Thursday morning in Poweshiek County.

1 killed after being struck by semi while changing tire on shoulder of I-80 in Poweshiek County

POWESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa -- A North Carolina man was killed after he was struck by a semi while he was changing a tire on a semi-trailer on the shoulder of Interstate 80. 1 in custody following evacuation of EMC Events Center downtown According to the Iowa State Patrol, at around 7 a.m. Thursday a semi hauling a section of a wind turbine eastbound on I-80 experienced a tire issue and pulled over near the 184-mile marker near Grinnell. The dr…

1 dead & 1 injured in a crash on I-80 in eastern Iowa

(Grinnell, Iowa) – (updated/edited)  The driver of a pickup truck died and one other person was injured, during a collision this (Thursday) morning on Interstate near Grinnell. According to the Iowa State Patrol a semi carrying an oversized load blew a tire near mile marker 185 on eastbound I-80, at around 7:15-a.m. The semi pulled-over and parked on the shoulder of the interstate. A Ford F-350 pickup serving as a pilot vehicle, was parked behin…

Fatal Accident in Poweshiek County

(Poweshiek Co) A Belle Plaine man died in a two-vehicle accident in Poweshiek County this (Thursday) morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 70-year-old James John Jacobi, of Belle Plaine, was driving a 1992 Pontiac Bonneville southbound on Highway V18. 37-year-old Joshua Allen Klein, of Brooklyn, was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata northbound on Highway V18, north of 460th Avenue. Klein crossed the center line into the southbound lane. Jacobi attempt…