Man Killed in Hit-And-Run Accident

A man was killed in a hit and run accident on Interstate 29 in western Iowa.

Jermaine Finley was driving a vehicle on Interstate 29 when passenger John Wakefield asked Finley to pull over near Onawa. When Wakefield got out of the vehicle he was struck by a semitrailer.

Wakefield, of Sioux City, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Finley fled the accident scene. He was charged Wednesday with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, stopping in the travel portion of the road, no driver’s license and making a false report to a law enforcement officer.

Finley was booked in the Woodbury County jail in Sioux City.