CASS COUNTY, Iowa —

Investigators are working to identify the driver who was killed in a wrong-way crash on Highway 71 near Fayette Road in Cass County, just before midnight Tuesday night.

The Iowa State Patrol said a car was driving the wrong way on the highway when it hit another car.

The driver going the wrong way died, while the people in the other car were not hurt.

According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation , 201 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That number is 44 fewer than at the same point in 2024. Over the last five years, an average of 353 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.

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