One dead in head-on crash on I-380 in Cedar Rapids

Published On: Nov 19 2012 05:42:54 AM CST   Updated On: Nov 19 2012 05:52:00 AM CST
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -

Cedar Rapids police say a driver may have been going the wrong way on Interstate 380 before a head-on collision that killed one person and injured another.

Police say the crash happened shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Police say one of the vehicles was driving southbound in the northbound lane of I-380 before the crash.

One driver died at the scene of the accident. The other driver was flown the University of Iowa Hospitals with life-threatening injuries.

The names of the drivers were not immediately released.

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