(Urbandale, Iowa) – [UPDATED] A man from Dallas County died Sunday night, after he was struck and killed while parked alongside Interstate 80, in Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2019 Ford F-550 tow truck was hauling another vehicle, was legally parked on the right shoulder of the interstate at around 10:10-p.m., when a 2024 Volvo semi driven by 54-year-old Dmytro Prysich, of Hamtramck, MI., did not move over or slow down, and struck 45-year-old Joshua James Villa, of Adel, as he was getting out of the tow truck.Villa died at the scene.

Criminal complaints filed in the case say an Urbandale Police Officer was at the scene assisting with the crash, as well as a Highway Helper. An electronic sign instructed traffic move to the left, away from the outside lane. The complaint said Prysich didn’t stop and when he was pulled over by Clive Police Officers he told them he thought he hit a “bird.” The officers could smell alcohol coming from Prysich and said he had difficulty maintaining his balance.

Dmytro Prysich

According to the complaint, Prysich showed impairment during field sobriety testing and a breath test showed his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit of .08.

Prysich was booked into the Polk County Jail just after 3:00 a.m. Monday on charges of homicide by vehicle-OWI, leaving the scene of a deadly accident, and failure to change lane upon approach to emergency stationary vehicles – death. A $500,000 cash-only bond has been set on the homicide by vehicle charge.