(Coralville) — One person died, another was injured, during a multi-vehicle collision on a 100% ice and snow covered I-80 westbound Thursday afternoon, near Coralville. The Iowa State Patrol reports the collision involved seven passenger vehicles and four semi tractor-trailers. Diminished or reduced visibility was also a factor in the crash. The names of the victims has not yet been released. The patrol says both were wearing their seat belts. One person died at the scene, the other was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics by Johnson County Ambulance.
The victims were in a 2004 Hyundai Sante Fe and a 2017 Ford Transit Connect van. The accident, which happened at around 3:30-p.m. near the 242.5-mile marker, remains under investigation.