INTERSTATE 29 SOUTHBOUND WAS CLOSED MUCH OF MONDAY AT EXIT 112, AROUND 21 MILES SOUTH OF SALIX BECAUSE OF A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO SEMIS.AROUND 8:30 MONDAY MORNING.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS ONE SEMI HAULING AN OVERSIZED LOAD WAS STOPPED IN THE RIGHT HAND SOUTHBOUND LANE NEAR ONAWA WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A SECOND SEMI.
THE COLLISON CAUSED DISABLING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES, CAUSING THE INTERSTATE SOUTHBOUND LANES TO BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND SEMI, 29-YEAR-OLD CALEB JATON OF SIOUX FALLS, WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH AND AIRLIFTED TO AN OMAHA HOSPITAL.
UPDATED 5:47 PM 10/30/23
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INTERSTATE 29 SOUTHBOUND REMAINS CLOSED AT EXIT 112, AROUND 21 MILES SOUTH OF SALIX BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS MORNING.
A WITNESS TELLS KSCJ NEWS THE ACCIDENT NEAR ONAWA INVOLVED AT LEAST ONE SEMI THAT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AND OTHER VEHICLES.
THE WITNESS SAYS A MEDICAL HELICOPTER WAS ON THE HIGHWAY RESPONDING TO THE CRASH BEWTEEN 9:30 AND 10 AM.
