Authorities have released the name of the other driver in a crash that killed two Des Moines police officers.
The Iowa State Patrol says 25-year-old Benjamin Beary, of Knoxville, was driving the Ford Taurus that collided head-on with an SUV occupied by Officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell, who were transporting a prisoner, Tosha Nicole Hyatt.
The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, near Waukee.
Investigators say Beary was driving the wrong direction in the eastbound lanes on Interstate 80.
No other new details were released in Monday’s update.
