Another fatal crash reported in Iowa County

A Williamsburg man died in a single-vehicle crash that was discovered early Saturday, becoming the sixth person to die in Iowa County crashes in a span of eight days.

According to a release from the Iowa County Sheriff's Office, residents reported spotting a wreck shortly before 7 a.m. near a ditch about four miles east of Williamsburg.

Deputies found the body of Cody L. Severns, 24, of Williamsburg. They said he died after failing to negotiate a curve. His Ford Taurus hit an embankment and flipped, they said.

He was alone in the vehicle. The sheriff's office said the accident, which remains under investigation, appears to have happened a few hours before the wreckage was discovered.

3 Other crashes

l About 11:35 a.m. Saturday, Aaron Meyer, 35, of Cedar Rapids, died when his car rear-ended a semi-trailer, according to the Iowa State Patrol. The truck had slowed for a partial closure of a westbound lane on Interstate 80 about four miles west of Williamsburg.

l On Sept. 24, Stanislow Gruszka, 43, of Plainfield, Ill., died on Interstate 80 near Victor while attempting to help the driver of an overturned semi-trailer truck. Gruszka was struck and killed by another vehicle while walking back to the car in which he was a passenger.

l On Sept. 23, three people were found dead after a truck crash was discovered nine miles west of Williamsburg. The crash killed Chad Owens, 18, of North English, and two passengers, Kaitlyn Cook, 19, of Deep River and Michael Galyon, 19, of Williamsburg.

A third passenger, Anna Townsend, 21, of South English, was airlifted to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

The Iowa State Patrol said Owens lost control of his truck. It entered a ditch and overturned in a creek.