COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —

Two people are dead, including a young child, after a crash in Pottawattamie County.

The Iowa State Patrol says it happened on eastbound I-880 just after 7 p.m. Sunday, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.

The crash report says a 27-year-old driver from Neola swerved his pickup truck to avoid an SUV that had hit a deer and was stopped in the travel portion of the interstate. The truck entered the median and struck two people who had gotten out of the disabled SUV.

Authorities identified one of the people killed as 27-year-old Til Baswa of Des Moines. A 2-year-old killed has not been identified. The driver of the truck was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

» Subscribe to KCCI's YouTube page

» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go:

See Full Page