By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 22, 2020

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (AP) - An investigation continues into a wrong-way accident that killed three people on an Iowa interstate highway.

The Des Moines Register reports that the accident happened about 4:30 a.m. Monday on Interstate 80 near the town of West Branch in Cedar County.

The Iowa State Patrol says 20-year-old Eric Nunez of Plano, Illinois, was driving a 2015 Nissan Altima eastbound in the westbound lanes when the car struck a Dodge Grand Caravan driven by 70-year-old Robert Larson of West Liberty.



Nunez, Robert Larson and Teresa Larson, 68, also of West Liberty, all died in the crash.

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