(Jasper County, IA) – A freak accident on Interstate 80 Sunday evening in Jasper County, claimed the life of a man from Illinois. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a car driven by 22-year-old Drew M. Peterson, of Worden, IL, was traveling west on I-80 about two-miles east of Colfax, when a set of tires and rims came loose from a trailer being pulled by an eastbound semi tractor-trailer. The tires/wheels crossed the median and struck the car, resulting in fatal injuries to Peterson.

The accident, which occurred at around 6:10-p.m., Sunday, remains under investigation.