ADAIR COUNTY, IA. (THECOUNT) — Jagjit Singh of Madera, California, has been identified as the victim in a single-semi truck crash in Adair County, Iowa Tuesday night.
Singh, 26, was killed after a big-rig crashed on Interstate 80 near Adair Tuesday night.
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According to reports, Jagjit Singh was traveling in a Freightliner semi-tractor, operated by 52-year-old Jaspal Singh of Sacramento, California, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited I-80 around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. The 18-wheeler then entered a culvert and rolled over.
Jagjit Singh, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
Jaspal Singh, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Adair County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,682. Its county seat is Greenfield. The county was part of Iowa’s 5th congressional district, which had a score of R+9 in the Cook Partisan Voting Index – Wikipedia.