WARREN COUNTY – A Chicago truck driver struck and killed an Iowa road worker Thursday afternoon in Central Iowa.
According to a report, a semi-truck driven by 46 year-old Rubin Ward was approaching a construction area as he was northbound on Highway 65 about a mile north of Liberty Center.
Ward allegedly failed to stop for a construction zone flagger at the scene and then swerved to to avoid hitting stopped vehicles near the flagger. The flagger, Christopher J. Wheeler, 27, of Tama, Iowa was struck by the semi and was later pronounced dead.
Ward was arrested for leaving the scene of a fatal accident and was taken into custody in Warren County. The incident remains under investigation.
