Iowa Man Falls Asleep at Wheel and Crashes in Holt County

A Council Bluff, Iowa resident was involved in a Holt County Crash Sunday after falling asleep at the wheel.

At 6:40 A.M. the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to an accident involving 30-year-old Jeremy S. Dewitt who was driving southbound on Interstate-29, six miles south of Mound City, when he fell asleep.

The vehicle travelled off the left side of the roadway, struck an emergency crossover, then went airborne, returned to the ground, overturned, and came to a rest on its wheels facing North West in the median.

Dewitt was moderately injured but refused treatment at the scene, he was wearing a seat belt.