(Clear Lake, Iowa) – A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a box truck early Saturday morning (Nov. 2nd) along Interstate 35 in northern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 1:15-a.m. on southbound I-35, as 59-year-old Michelle Schutz, of Mason City and another pedestrian walking with her, was struck by a 2019 Kenworth box truck, driven by 60-year-old Henry Moss, Jr., of Des Moines. Schutz died at the scene. The other pedestrian was not injured.

The Patrol says the truck continued southbound on I-35 and was located by a State Trooper near Des Moines.

Assisting at the accident scene were Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s deputies, along with Clear Lake Fire and EMS personnel.