(Cass Co.) One person was killed in a two vehicle accident in Cass County late Tuesday evening.
The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 11:39 p.m. A 2008 Chevy Cobalt was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 71. A 2016 Kenworth Semi truck was southbound on Highway 71. The vehicles collided in the southbound lanes, just south of Fayette Road north of Atlantic. Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch.
The driver of the Chevy Cobalt was pronounced deceased on scene. The driver’s name has not been released at this time.
The driver of the semi, 59-year-old Michael Conn of Maryville, Missouri, was uninjured.
