Adult, toddler standing in interstate median killed by truck that swerved to miss disabled vehicle
By KCCI Web Staff
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KCCI) — Two people are dead, including a young child, after a crash in Pottawattamie County.
The Iowa State Patrol says it happened on eastbound I-880 just after 7 p.m. Sunday, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.
The crash report says a 27-year-old driver from Neola swerved his pickup truck to avoid an SUV that had hit a deer and was stopped in the travel portion of the interstate. The truck entered the median and struck two people who had gotten out of the disabled SUV.
Authorities identified one of the people killed as 27-year-old Til Baswa of Des Moines. A 2-year-old killed has not been identified. The driver of the truck was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 223 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That number is 69 fewer than at the same point in 2024. Over the last five years, an average of 353 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.
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