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Cedar Rapids man dies in NE Iowa crash

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March 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Waverly, Iowa) – A crash between a pickup and a semi tractor-trailer, Saturday night, resulted in the death of a man from Cedar Rapids. The Iowa State Patrol, Sunday, said 52-year-old Eric Stenseth died in the Bremer County crash on Highway 218, at around 8:15-p.m.  Stenseth was driving a 1999 GMC pickup northbound on Highway 218 and exiting at mile marker 195 to Janesville, when his vehicle left the road and struck a parked and unoccupied 2005 International semi-trailer on the shoulder of the off-ramp.

Stenseth – who was wearing a seat belth – was transported by Waverly Ambulance to the U of I Hospital in Iowa City, where he died from his injuries.