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Man extricated from car in Interstate 380 wrong-way collision with semi in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette
Sep. 30, 2021 7:52 am, Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 4:13 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — A driver was extricated from a car and taken to a hospital after his car, going the wrong way on Interstate 380, collided with a semi-trailer truck early Thursday.
The 23-year-old male driver, who has not been identified, was taken to UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital after the 1:40 a.m. crash.
His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, police said.
Police said the driver was going the wrong way on the interstate’s southbound lanes near the Seventh Street exit to downtown Cedar Rapids.
No passengers were in the man’s car. The truck driver was uninjured.
A car collided with a semi-tanker truck in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 380 in downtown Cedar Rapids early Thursday morning, Sept. 30. 2021. (Cedar Rapids Police Department photo).