Semi-truck driver charged after deadly overnight crash in Urbandale
A semi-truck driver has been charged in a deadly crash Sunday night on Interstate 80/35 in Urbandale. Dmytro Prysich, 54, was booked into the Polk County Jail around 3 a.m. Monday, hours after authorities say he struck and killed 45-year-old Joshua Villa.According to court documents, Prysich, of Hamtramck, Michigan, “did not move over or slow down” as his tractor-trailer approached the scene of an accident near mile marker 130 on westbound 80/35 near the 86th Street exit.Villa, of Adel, died after being hit around 10 p.m. Sunday.Prysich has been charged with homicide by vehicle-OWI, leaving the scene of a deadly accident and causing death by unsafely approaching a stationary vehicle with hazards activated.Prysich didn’t pull over after striking Villa, according to a criminal complaint, but was eventually stopped by officers in Clive. The complaint said officers smelled alcohol, and Prysich “had difficulty maintaining his balance and an unsteady gait.” A breath test showed his breath alcohol content measured above the legal limit of .08.Prysich told officers “he believed he hit a bird,” according to the complaint.According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 314 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That’s 19 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.Get the latest headlines from KCCI
A semi-truck driver has been charged in a deadly crash Sunday night on Interstate 80/35 in Urbandale.
Dmytro Prysich, 54, was booked into the Polk County Jail around 3 a.m. Monday, hours after authorities say he struck and killed 45-year-old Joshua Villa.
According to court documents, Prysich, of Hamtramck, Michigan, “did not move over or slow down” as his tractor-trailer approached the scene of an accident near mile marker 130 on westbound 80/35 near the 86th Street exit.
Villa, of Adel, died after being hit around 10 p.m. Sunday.
Prysich has been charged with homicide by vehicle-OWI, leaving the scene of a deadly accident and causing death by unsafely approaching a stationary vehicle with hazards activated.
Prysich didn’t pull over after striking Villa, according to a criminal complaint, but was eventually stopped by officers in Clive. The complaint said officers smelled alcohol, and Prysich “had difficulty maintaining his balance and an unsteady gait.” A breath test showed his breath alcohol content measured above the legal limit of .08.
Prysich told officers “he believed he hit a bird,” according to the complaint.
According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 314 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That’s 19 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.
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