One dead after wrong-way Cedar Rapids crash

(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Police are identifying a passenger killed in a weekend crash on I-380, near the 7th Street NE exit. Police the driver of a Ford F-150 pick-up was driving southbound on northbound I-380 just after 2 o'clock Sunday morning and collided with a 2007 Chevy Suburban. A passenger in the Suburban, 23-year-old David Nguyen died in the crash.

The driver of the Suburban, 20-year-old Rylee Wallingford of Cedar Rapids was serious injured and taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Two other passengers in the Suburban, 23-year-old Benjamin Brecht and 22-year-old Skyler McDowell, both of Cedar Rapids, were injured. The Driver of the pick-up, 34-year-old Tyler Lee of Rockton, Illinois has non life-threatening injuries.

Police say it's an ongoing investigation, no further information is available.


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