AMES, IA : Bus driver identified in deadly I-35 pileup on February, Monday 5th 2018

A massive, deadly pileup involving dozens of cars on a snow-covered freeway has killed one person and sent at least five others to the hospital in critical condition, authorities said Monday.

The identity of the driver of a bus in that crash was released Tuesday. Dana Easter, 53, of Independence, Missouri, died in the crash.

Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig told KCCI that seven people died on Iowa roads Monday. Altogether, troopers responded to 185 accidents across the state, he said.

Officials with the Story County Sheriff’s Department said the crash on I-35, which involved as many as 70 cars, is the worst they’ve ever seen.

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Bus driver identified in deadly I-35 pileup