MAN INJURED IN
ACCIDENT ON I-80 IN IOWA WHEN SEMI HITS A JEEP CHEROKEE AFTER ICY PATCH CAUSED
TRUCKER TO LOSE CONTROL
A two vehicle accident on Interstate 80 involving a semi
truck injured a Coralville man Tuesday morning.
According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, the
accident occurred at 10:49 a.m. in the eastbound lanes. Walter A. Bielefeld was
driving a semi truck eastbound on I-80 near the First Avenue exit, according to
the report. Bielfeld hit an icy patch, struck a cable barrier and bounced back
into the right lane of eastbound I-80, the report said.
According to the report, Bielefeld’s truck then hit a
Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Jonathan R. Underberg of Coralville. Underberg
was taken by ambulance to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Information on Underberg’s condition was not available
Tuesday afternoon.
The accident reduced traffic to one lane on eastbound
I-80 for about an hour. By noon, all lanes of traffic were open.