POLK COUNTY, Iowa- The Iowa State Patrol's releasing more details about a deadly crash on I-80 near Altoona late Saturday night.
The ISP reports a pick-up truck driven by Travis Gonzales of Bondurant was speeding on I-80 near Altoona, when he rear ended a car driven by 22-year-old Austin Gainuss of Des Moines. Both the pick-up and Gainuss' car went into the ditch. Gainuss' car then hit a tree. A passenger in Gainuss' car, 24-year-old Joshua Lamont Cox was pronounced dead at a Des Moines hospital. Gainuss suffered critical injuries and is hospitalized.
Gonzalez was not injured. Charges have not been filed yet.
Pickup rear-ends car on I-80 near Altoona, 1 killed
By Wendy Wilde