March 19, 2024

Man charged with vehicular homicide in crash

DES MOINES — A 31-year-old pickup driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in the crash death of a woman in Polk County.

The accident occurred April 23 on westbound Interstate 80. The Iowa State Patrol says Michael Wright was driving the pickup when he changed lanes and hit a semitractor-trailer. The pickup hit a guardrail and went airborne, ejecting Wright and his passenger, 44-year-old Susannah Thompson.