-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
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The woman who was driving this van was seriously injured when it collided with a truck on U.S. Highway 169 in Webster County Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at about 12:45 p.m. on the highway between 310th and 320th streets. The Ram van struck the passenger side rear corner of a Freightliner grain truck that was turning east into a soybean field that was being harvested. The driver of the van was taken to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center.
The driver of the truck was uninjured. The van was destroyed; the truck appeared to sustain mostly cosmetic damage. About one mile of U.S. Highway 20 in both directions was closed while rescuers worked at the scene. The Callender Fire Department, Southwest Webster Emergency Medical Service, ambulances from the Fort Dodge Fire Department and Webster County sheriff’s deputies responded. Law enforcement officers from the state Department of Natural Resources assisted with traffic control.
The crash remained under investigation by Webster County sheriff’s deputies Sunday afternoon.
