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9/24/19
The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident on Interstate 80 in Iowa County.
A news release from the State Patrol says 37-year-old Alan Helm of Murray, Utah was driving a semi pulling a double trailer eastbound near the Victor exit around 2am Tuesday when his vehicle left the roadway, entered the median and went through a guardrail. It then struck the B Avenue overpass.
Helm and a passenger, 76-year-old Gerry York of Draper, Utah, were transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics by Iowa County Ambulance. York, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was killed. Helm was wearing his seatbelt and remains hospitalized.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
