Lang
11/16/24
A Swisher teenager was killed in a one-vehicle accident near North Liberty.
The Iowa State Patrol says 17-year-old Kaden Blair was driving a 2013 Hyundai Azera southbound on Interstate 380 just after 12:30 Saturday morning when the vehicle left the road just north of the Penn Street exit and hit a concrete barrier. Blair was ejected from the vehicle, and the car caught fire.
Blair was transported to University of Iowa Health Care, but he died as a result of his injuries. The accident is being investigated by the State Patrol.
Blair was a former wrestler for Cedar Rapids Prairie. A GoFundMe account has been set up at https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-kaden-blair?qid=bffc915ac064d610ae584e04aed0567d. Any money raised above the cost of his services will be put toward sponsoring a student in the UI pre-med program, in which Blair had been enrolled.