Truck driver killed in western Iowa five-semi pileup

Authorities say a South Dakota truck driver is dead and another driver injured in a collision involving five semi-trailer trucks on Interstate 29 near Missouri Valley in western Iowa.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, southbound traffic on Interstate 29 was at a standstill near the end of a construction zone when the collision occurred Tuesday.

The driver of a semi owned by Roadway Trucking was killed. He was identified as 62-year old Karl Krueger, of Sioux Falls, S.D.

The truck driven by Krueger rear-ended a delivery truck driven by 62-year old Charles Merle Sundt, of Garretson, S.D., who was injured during the crash, and taken to the Missouri Valley Hospital.

Authorities say the drivers of the other trucks, including a Louisville, Ky. man, were not hurt.

The accident remains under investigation.

-- Associated Press

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