One person died and seven others were injured, during a single-vehicle accident late Sunday night in Interstate 80, in Cass County. All of the victims were from Grand Island, NE. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 GMC driven by 40-year old Jesus Cantero-Perez,was traveling west on I-80 at around 10:30-p.m., near the Marne Exit (mile marker 55), when the vehicle went out of control due to freezing rain/icy conditions.
The vehicle entered the ditch and rolled onto its passenger side. A passenger in the vehicle, 9-year old Joshua Tavares, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

Cantero-Perez, and his passengers, 35-year old Wendy Tavares, 11-year old Ashley Tavares, 12-year old Kimberly Tavares, 11-year old Yamilet Cantero, 15-year old Jonathan Tavares, and 10-year old Emanuel Cantero, were all injured in the crash. Four of the injured children were not wearing seat belts. Both adults were buckled-up.

The injured were transported by Marne and Walnut Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic.