POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY – A Florida trucker was killed and another person was injured when a semi traveling through Iowa crashed.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, 42-year-old Alain Hernandez Rodriguez, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was driving a 2022 Freightliner semi on I-80 near mile marker 28 when he lost control of the semi. It entered the median, struck lights and rolled onto its side.
As a result of the crash, Rodriquez was killed. A passenger, 23-year-old Jose Armando Valdez, of Miami, Florida, was transported to a hospital by ambulance.