SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – A crash involving a wrong-way vehicle on Interstate 29 early Thursday morning in Sioux City, left one person dead and another injured. KTIV in Sioux City reports the accident happened at around 5:30-a.m., in the southbound lanes of I-29 near the exit for Hamilton Boulevard. According to Sioux City Police, a Toyota Rav 4, driven by a 58-year-old man from Sioux City, was driving in the wrong direction on I-29 when it collided with a Honda Accord traveling in the southbound lanes, driven by a 39-year-old female from Centerville, South Dakota.

The male driver of the wrong-way vehicle died at the scene. The female driver of the other vehicle was taken to a local hospital with what police described as “significant” injuries. Her current condition is not known at this time. The names of the two involved are not being released and the accident remains under investigation.

The southbound lanes of traffic were closed for over two hours Thursday with traffic rerouted around the crash.