One killed in crash outside Cedar Rapids

The scene of a fatal crash at Highway 13 and Mount Vernon Road SE on Wed., Dec. 14, 2022. (Linn County Sheriff’s Office photo)

CEDAR RAPIDS — One person was killed Wednesday morning in a crash outside Cedar Rapids, at the intersection of Highway 13 and Mount Vernon Road SE, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene at 7:47 a.m.

A utility truck headed west collided head-on with an eastbound Subaru Forester turning north at the intersection. Linn Area Ambulance Service took driver of the Subaru to Mercy Medical Center, where he died.

The Sheriff’s Office identified the driver as Benjamin Sanders, 37, of Cedar Rapids. The driver of the utility truck was uninjured. The incident remains under investigation.

Also responding to the crash scene were the Iowa State Patrol, the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, the West Bertram Fire Department and the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department.

The scene of a fatal crash at Highway 13 and Mount Vernon Road SE on Wed., Dec. 14, 2022. (Linn County Sheriff’s Office photo)

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