(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Traffic Unit are asking that anyone who may have witnessed a fatal crash on Interstate 29 this weekend, to please call them. At around 4:10-a.m., Sunday, Officers were dispatched to I-29 northbound at mile marker 50, for a reported vehicle fire. The caller advised “A vehicle is on fire on the side of the Interstate,” they were not sure at the time, if anyone was inside.’

When police and firefighters arrived, they found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. After the blaze was extinguished by Fire Department Personnel, a body was found inside. Authorities say the vehicle appeared to have struck a sign pole on the side of the roadway and split apart, causing a large debris field.

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The accident remains under investigation. If you have any information about the crash, please contact the Council Bluffs PD’s Traffic Division at 712-328-4948 or 712-890-5169.