An eastern Iowa teen died after losing control of his car in Maquoketa. It happened shortly after 11 A.M. Tuesday on Highway 61 under the Summit Street Overpass.
Witnesses reported seeing a care pass other vehicles, then veer off the road, striking a pillar 160 feet from the street. The car then spun around and hit another pillar and landed on its top. The driver, 18-year-old Kristopher Wilhelm of Maquoketa was pronounced dead at the scene. Wilhelm was the only person in the vehicle.