An 11-year-old Grimes boy was killed Tuesday evening and a Grimes man was injured in a chain-reaction crash on U.S. Interstate 80.
An Iowa State Patrol crash report issued at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday originally indicated that Luis Venales Graterol, 42, of Grimes also died in the crash, but the report was later revised to show the sole fatality was Ian Venales, 11, of Grimes..
According to the report, Venles Graterol traveling eastbound on U.S. Interstate 80 about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and approaching the exit to E. 14th Street (U.S. Highway 69), where traffic was “backed up due to a collision.”
Traveling in the right-hand lane, Venales Graterol slowed his 2015 Hyundai Tucson “due to the traffic backup,” and his vehicle was struck from the rear by a 2017 Peterbilt semi-tractor trailer, driven by Soderdene Selengesaikhan, 32, of Los Angeles, according to the report.
The force of the collision caused Venales Graterol’s vehicle to strike the vehicle in front of him, a 2016 Toyota Prius, driven by Wesley Breckenridge, 54, of Newton.
The young Venales was a passenger in Venales Graterol’s vehicle. He was transported to Blank Children’s Hospital by Saylorville EMS but died of his injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Venales Graterol was transported to Unity Point Hospital by Saylorville EMS. No other injuries were reported in the incident.
The incident remains under investigation, according to the ISP.
