A man from Illinois suffered what were described as minor injuries to his arm/wrist during a single-vehicle accident at around 6:40-a.m. Friday (today), on Interstate 80, in Cass County. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Ryan DeVault told KJAN News the accident happened on I-80 eastbound near mile marker 74, or about a mile west of Adair.

(The vehicle, a 2018 Mazda 3 was in the right lane. As the driver, 19-year-old Nathan Quisenberry of Roscoe, IL was transitioning into the left lane, he apparently hit a patch of black ice. The car went out of control and entered the median where it struck a cable guardrail. Quisenberry complained of injury to his arm, and was checked-out my medics.)

Trooper DeVault said the Interstate was slick in spots, and that stretch of roadway wasn’t the only trouble spot.

(He said the Trooper on scene advised the wheel tracks on I-80 were slick. There were multiple, other accidents in Adair County. One took place on a secondary road, the other on a highway. Frost and ice on the roads caused those drivers to lose control, also.)

DeVault says anytime there are trees and powerlines covered with frost early in the morning, that should serve as a warning for you to slow down.

(Bridges and overpasses, he says will be the first to become slick. As the traffic starts to pickup, wheel tracks can turn to black ice and be dangerously deceptive.