Photo credit: Iowa City Press-Citizen / Dan Williamson

The construction workers were injured by the debris from the accident and were transported to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics by ambulance while the driver of the semi truck was airlifted to the hospital.

The location of the semi truck accident was in the westbound lanes of the Interstate 80 bridge over Black Hawk Avenue at Exit 230

The identities of the injured workers were reported by the Iowa City Press-Citizen as Jack Herberger, 25 years old and Dean Herberger, 55 years old both from Indianola,  Lawrence Isaac Schropp, 53 years old from Parnell and Manuel de Jesus Dominguez, 32 years old from Des Moines.

The semi truck driver was traveling westbound on Interstate 80 and authorities believe that driver was unaware that the lane was becoming more narrow at the time he struck the concrete divider. Authorities believe after Green hit the concrete barrier that the semi truck jumped part of the divider and barrier then somehow collided with the cement truck that was in the construction zone.

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KCRG reporter, Mark Geary described the accident: “A closer look at the semi’s cab you can see exactly how bad the damage is here. It ended up falling off of the top of the Interstate and smashing into the ground and the damage was so bad firefighters couldn’t tell if the victim inside was male or female. They’re also not sure if there may even possibly be another victim inside because all that’s left is a mangled mess of twisted metal.”

Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman, Greg Buelow stated, “The cab is really obliterated at this point … as it hit the ground it was on fire. Fire crews used both water and some foam to extinguish the blaze.” He also said at that time of the truck accident that at least one body was recovered from the semi truck cab and that no further information was known about the victim at that time.

At the time of the accident, there was no word on the driver’s name or who owned the truck, but authorities did know that the driver was hauling a lot of appliances in his truck.

Cedar Rapids Police Department now say that the identity of the driver is Nusret Smajic, 31, of St. Louis who was driving a truck for Dino’s Trucking out of St. Louis. The driver’s identity was confirmed by the trucking company from their records and from the driver’s physical stature and from his wife’s identification his wedding band.

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