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UPDATE: Man killed in Saturday morning crash has been identified
The Gazette
Dec. 9, 2017 10:29 am, Updated: Dec. 9, 2017 8:32 pm
The Linn County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that caused one man's death early Saturday morning.
According to authorities, Linn County Sheriff's Deputies, Iowa State Patrol, Center Point Fire Department, and Center Point Ambulance responded to a report of a vehicle that went into the median on Interstate 380 near the 39 mile marker at around 12:51 a.m. on Saturday.
Responders arrived to find that a Ford truck had left the road, went into the median and then went into a deep creek bed.
The truck had one man who was identified by authorities as Brian Eric Burge, 50, of Fort Dodge and who died at the scene, according to a press release.
The crash remains under investigation by the Linn County Sheriff's Office.
A Linn County Sheriff's Office squad car. (file photo)