(Neola, Iowa) – The driver of a semi tractor trailer died during a crash Thursday afternoon, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the 2006 Kenworth semi registered to a trucking company from Elkton, South Dakota and driven by 63-year-old Donald Roller, of Sioux City, Iowa, was negotiating the exit 27 curve on Interstate 80 eastbound to westbound I-880 at around 3:36-p.m., when the vehicle ran off the road to the right.

As the rig rolled down the embankment, Roller was ejected and died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. Both the semi and the driver came to rest in the ditch.

The man’s body was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Neola Rescue and Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputies.