(Altoona, Iowa) – A wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 in central Iowa caused a crash that killed one person and injured three others. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2013 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by 19-year-old Zachary Scott Scothorn, of Altoona, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-80 just west of Exit 141 at around 1:35-a.m.  Two other vehicles, a 2023 Dodge 3500 pickup and a 2013 Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van were traveling eastbound on the Interstate.

The driver of the Dodge pickup, 31-year-old Jason Dason Mapp, of Decatur, GA,was unable to avoid a collision with the Toyota. After the vehicles collided, the Dodge became disabled on the roadway, and was struck by the Sprinter van, driven by 55-year-old Oleksandr V. Moskalnko, of Ormand Beach, FL at almost the same time as the initial crash.

Zachary Scothorn, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The other two drivers, and a passenger in the Dodge, 31-year-old Clinton D. Taylor, of Chicago, IL, were injured in the crash. They were transported by Altoona EMS to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. All three were wearing their seat belts.

The crash remained under investigation.