POWESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – A pedestrian was fatally struck on Interstate 80 Friday morning near Brooklyn, Iowa.
Around 1:30 a.m. Friday, the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office got a call that a man was standing on the side of the road.
When they arrived to the scene, they found a semi-tractor trailer pulled off to the shoulder. The driver told authorities that he thought he had hit something.
According to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, the truck was headed eastbound on I-80 when it struck the man around 1:37 a.m. Friday.
A preliminary investigation from ISP says that the man walked into the road and was hit.
Authorities did not know the identity of the man. The man’s body was taken to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy and identification.
Copyright 2026 KCRG. All rights reserved.