A Mason City man was killed driving the wrong way on Interstate 35 near Clear Lake on Saturday night when he collided head-on with a semitractor-trailer
The Clear Lake Police Department received numerous 911 calls just before 11:30 p.m. about a car traveling northbound in the southbound lanes near mile marker 193 on I-35, according to an accident report.
Police say Glen Evan Hemming, 56, of Mason City, who was operating a 2008 Chevy Cobalt, collided head-on with a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer driven by Hussein Ali Haidar, 40, of Burnsville, Minn.
Hemming was pronounced dead as a result of his injuries. Haidar was not hurt.Â
Due to the nature of the crash, the Clear Lake Police Department requested the assistance of the Iowa State Patrol. Southbound lanes on I-35 were closed for nearly four hours Saturday night.Â
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The Clear Lake Fire Department and Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office also assisted at the scene.Â