(Johnson County, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a trailer of a semi tractor-trailer in eastern Iowa, resulted in the death of a man from Iowa City, Saturday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports 22-year-old Riley Joseph Reynolds died, when the 2005 Ford Taurus he was driving, struck the trailer of a semi that was making a U-turn. The accident happened at around 2:15-a.m. on Highway 1 near 280th Street.

The Patrol says Riley Reynolds was traveling southbound, while the 2019 Freightliner semi, driven by 38-year-old Parvinder Kaur, of Elk Grove, CA, was completing a U-turn. The trailer was blocking the southbound lane when it was struck by the car. The Taurus entered the ditch  following the collision. Reynolds died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The crash remains under investigation.