SIOUX CITY POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO DIED WHEN HIS PICK-UP TRUCK PLUNGED INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER DURING HEAVY RAIN AROUND 10:30 SATURDAY NIGHT.
69-YEAR-OLD GERALD REED OF SMITHLAND, IOWA DIED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE DURING THE RAIN STORM ON INTERSTATE-29 AND WENT OFF THE HIGHWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 150 AND SUBMERGED INTO THE RIVER.
DIVERS RECOVERED THE TRUCK AROUND 11:20 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING AND REED’S BODY WAS IN THE VEHICLE.
POLICE SAY THE WEATHER WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
Photo by George Lindblade
