COLFAX, IOWA (AP) -- Interstate 80 in Jasper County has reopened after a crash that's left five people dead and a sixth injured.
The Iowa Department of Transportation said traffic began moving again about 4 p.m. Saturday. The crash happened about 11:30 a.m. Saturday near Colfax.
The Iowa State Patrol says a van traveling westbound on I-80 crossed the median and hit an eastbound vehicle head-on.
Five people were declared dead at the scene. A sixth person was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital in critical condition.
Authorities have not yet released the names of anyone involved.
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