(7-a.m. News) A semi tractor-trailer rollover accident in Adair County Tuesday night has claimed the life of a man from California. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by 52-year old Jaspal Singh, of Sacramento, CA, was traveling east on Interstate 80 near mile marker 74 (two-miles west of Adair), when for reasons unknown, the semi swerved off the road and entered the south ditch, where it rolled over. The accident happened at around 11:23-p.m.

A passenger in the semi, 26-year old Jagjit Singh, of Madera, CA, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, and Adair Fire/Rescue.