A central Iowa man died early this (Monday) morning, during a crash in northwest Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol reports 31-year old Joshua Todd Peterson, of Johnston, was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Interstate 80 about a mile west of the Johnston exit, when his 1998 Pontiac Grand Am hit a light pole. Peterson, who was wearing a seat belt, was ejected during the crash and died at the scene. The crash happened at around 12:45-a.m.