Crashed houseboat blocks I35 south of Des Moines

Photo: Iowa State Patrol

(Osceola, IA) -- It's not very often you see a boat on the interstate.... we do mean on the interstate. A Hummer hauling a houseboat on a trailer jack knifed on I-35 near Osceola early Sunday morning.

The houseboat ended up sideways across the right lane of the interstate, blocking traffic, in the dark before sunrise, just waiting for someone to drive into it, broadside.

Iowa State Patrol Troopers quickly lined up before the crash with their lights flashing, to direct traffic out of the right lane until the houseboat could be moved off the highway.

Later, people on social media say they saw the houseboat along I-35 for most of the day Sunday, parked off to the the side of I-35.

Photo from Iowa State Patrol.


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