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2 injured in a car-vs-semi collision in Harrison County, Tue. morning
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(Mondamin, Iowa) – A collision early this (Tuesday) morning in Harrison County resulted in two people being transported to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 12:45-a.m. on Interstate 29 south at mile marker 92 (North of Mondamin).
The Patrol says a car and a semi were traveling southbound when the car went out of control and veered into the left lane, before returning to the right lane. The semi driver swerved into the left lane in an attempted to avoid contact with the car, but the truck struck the car on the rear, causing the vehicle to come to rest in the west ditch. The semi rolled over onto the driver’s side and came to rest partially in the west ditch and partially on the west shoulder of the interstate.
The driver of the car, 27-year-old Jonathan Terpstra, of Bellevue, NE, was flown by LifeNet to the UNMC in Omaha. The driver of the semi, 25-year-old Kreece Robinson, of Shepherd, MT, was transported by Mondamin Rescue to the hospital in Missouri Valley. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.
The crash remains under investigation. Deputies with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.
