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Wrong-way driver dies after SUV strikes barrier in I-280 construction zone

The single-vehicle crash happened at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday near mile marker 8.5.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A driver died early Sunday morning, Aug. 21 on Interstate 280 after striking a barrier in a construction zone.

According to the Davenport Police Department, the SUV was traveling in the wrong direction on Iowa-bound I-280. At about 1:20 a.m., Sunday, the vehicle struck a barrier in the construction zone near Mile Marker 8.5 and caught fire.

The driver, later identified as 23-year-old Jacob Rink of Silvis, Illinois, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Police were investigating the incident as of Sunday morning. 

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