THE IOWA STATE PATROL HAS RELEASED MORE DETAILS ABOUT A FIVE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH OF HINTON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PATROL SAYS THE DRIVER OF A NORTHBOUND SEMI IN A TWO LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT TRAFFIC HAD SLOWED AHEAD OF HIM.
THE DRIVER, 31-YEAR-OLD JASON BLIEK OF ROCK VALLEY, THEN CROSSED THE CENTER LINE TO AVOID A COLLISION, CLIPPED A VEHICLE, SWERVED BACK AND CLIPPED THREE OTHER VEHICLES.
THE SEMI AND ONE OF THE VEHICLES ALSO STRUCK THE CABLE BARRIER AND WENT INTO A DITCH.
TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP AND DETOURED ON HIGHWAY 75 FOR SEVERAL HOURS BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
