MONDAMIN, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa highway construction worker has died after being hit by a speeding tire that came loose from a pickup truck, officials said.
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon, while Homero Carrillo, 51, was with a crew working on a bridge on Interstate 29 in Harrison County near Mondamin in western Iowa, the Des Moines Register reported.
The Iowa State Patrol said Carrillo was working in a closed lane when a northbound pickup on I-29 lost the tire. The speeding tire bounded north through a median and hit Carrillo. Investigators said he died at the scene.
Officials did not report any injury to the 56-year-old pickup driver from Edwardsville, Kansas.
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