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(Update) Pott. County wrong-way driver in fatal accident ID’d

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January 18th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol early Saturday afternoon released the name of a man who died when the vehicle he was driving collided head-on with another vehicle, on Interstate 29 in Pottawattamie County. Officials said 33-year old David D. Miller, of Benton, Arkansas died at the scene of the crash which occurred at around 10:30-p.m., just south of junction of I-29 and I-680, just north of Council Bluffs.Officials report a 2008 Kia Spectra driven by Miller was traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-29, when it collided head-on with a 2005 Nissan Maxima driven by Fredy Zanabria, whose city of residence was not known. Following the collision, the KIA came to rest in the median. The Nissan came to rest in the west ditch.Zanabria was trapped and suffered what were described as “extremely critical” injuries. Zanabria and a passenger in his car, 23-year old Cesar Caballero were flown by LifeNet helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Another passenger in the car, 20-year old Luz Trujilo, was transported by Council Bluffs Rescue to UNMC. Zanabria was the only person in the vehicle to be wearing a seat belt. The hometowns of the passengers in the Zanabria vehicle have still not been released.