(Tiffin, Iowa) – [In an update to our earlier report] The Iowa State Patrol, Friday evening, released the identity of a truck driver who died in a fiery crash early Friday morning in eastern Iowa. The crash claimed the life of 55-year-old Eric Smith, of Show Low, AZ. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2022 Freightliner semi driven by Smith was traveling west on Interstate 80 south of Tiffin/west of Coralville, when it left the road at around 4:30-a.m.

The semi entered the north ditch and struck a tree before catching fire. Smith died at the scene.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Tiffin Fire, Johnson County Communications(JComm) & Sheriff’s Office, Oxford Fire, and the Iowa DOT.