(Photos courtesy KWWL-TV)
UPDATE: Crews have temporarily repaired a washed out Mississippi River bridge connecting Lansing, Iowa and Wisconsin. The highway has reopened.
An Iowa man died Tuesday morning when part of a highway connecting Lansing, Iowa to Wisconsin fell into the Mississippi River. The pavement failure happened on the Wisconsin side.
KWWL-TV reports the incident happened around 4:22 a.m. when 59-year-old James Walleser of Lansing was driving in the eastbound lane of the east side approach to the river bridge on Highway 82.
A witness following about a quarter mile behind Walleser saw the road collapse and the vehicle become submerged in the river.
Walleser was pronounced dead at the scene.
Emergency highway repairs are underway.