A deadly crash in south-central Iowa this (Wednesday) morning involved a driver going the wrong direction on Interstate 35. Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Nate Ludwig says the head-on crash between a 2005 Toyota SUV and 2015 Mack truck, happened in Warren County around 3:30 a.m. “The vehicle was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-35 near the Cumming exit,” Ludwig said. The driver of the car was killed. He was identified as 32-year old Wayne Christopher Field, of Winterset. The semi driver, 54-year old Richard Hewitt Judkins, of Ankeny, was not injured.

“We don’t know why the driver was heading the wrong way on the interstate or where they got on the interstate at…it’s still under investigation,” Ludwig said. The crash forced the closure of I-35 southbound for several hours. “I think they cleared the interstate at about 8 a.m. and opened it back up,” Ludwig said.

The crash happened near the town of Cumming, which is located about nine miles south of the Des Moines metro area.

(Radio Iowa)