Wrong-way driver injured in Polk County head-on crash, lanes closed due to investigation

ANKENY, Iowa — Several lanes of traffic are closed near Saylorville after a wrong-way driver was involved in a head-on crash Thursday evening.

The Polk County Sheriff’s office said deputies were sent to the 5800 block of NW 2nd Avenue around 5:20 p.m. for the reported collision.

Officials say a vehicle was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of NW 2nd Avenue when it hit an oncoming vehicle…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS