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(Walford, IA) -- A truck driver is killed in eastern Iowa during the severe storms that ripped across the Midwest.
The Iowa State Patrol tells KCRG-TV9 that a semi-trailer was blown over by a severe thunderstorm on southbound on Highway 151, just west of Walford, around 8:30 Wednesday night. Investigators say the driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was thrown from the vehicle. The driver, who has not been identified yet, was pronounced dead at the scene.