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Utah truck driver dies in Jasper County crash, Saturday

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April 28th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A semi tractor-trailer crashed into a bridge support pillar off I-80 in Jasper County, Saturday evening, killing the driver. The Iowa State Patrol reports 38-year old Mose Airti, of Clinton, Utah, died when the 2017 Freightliner semi went out of control at around 6:20-p.m. on I-80 westbound, near mile marker 161.

The rig entered the median before crashing into the bridge support pillar. Arti died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and Newton Fire and Rescue assisted at the scene.