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NE man dies in I-29/Harrison County crash Tuesday morning

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August 9th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Missouri Valley, Iowa) – A crash Tuesday morning in Harrison County claimed the life of a man from Nebraska. The Iowa State Patrol reports 61-year-old Chris Phillip Sweetman, of Omaha, died at scene, after a 2015 Kenworth tractor-trailer traveling south on Interstate 29, crossed the center median for reasons unknown. The semi collided with Sweetman’s 2020 Hyundai Sante Fe SUV. The crash happened at around 8:50-a.m. near mile marker 74.

The semi driver, 63-year-old Gino Marco Lollio, of Cape Coral, FL, was injured in the crash and transported to the Mo. Valley Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.