-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
A woman was injured when she was apparently thrown from this car during a violent collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Avenue G late Friday afternoon. She was transported to UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center. The crash occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Fort Dodge police Sgt. Donald McLaren said the woman, driving a Saturn sedan, tried to cross the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 169 from Avenue G and her car was struck by a Chevrolet Malibu that was heading north on the highway. McLaren said the driver of the Chevrolet suffered a laceration on one arm, but did not go to the hospital The names of the drivers were unavailable Friday, and the crash remained under investigation.

- Messenger photo by Bill Shea Fort Dodge firefighters and paramedics wheel a woman to an ambulance following a crash late Friday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Avenue G. She was found laying in the median between the northbound and southbound lanes after apparently being ejected from her car during the crash. The violent collision scattered debris throughout the intersection, and one large piece of wreckage was thrown across the southbound lanes