(Pleasant Hill, Iowa) –  A crash at around 2:56-a.m. Saturday (Nov. 25, 2023) in Polk County, claimed the life of a man from Ames. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2013 Lincoln MKS driven by 24-year-old Jacob DeVries, of Ames, was traveling north on NE 112th Street, when DeVries failed to stop at the intersection with Highway 163.

His car struck the trailer being pulled by 2018 International Semi that was traveling east on Highway 163.  DeVries was not wearing a seat belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by numerous agencies.