A multiple-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on eastbound Interstate 80 near Minden, in Pottawattamie County resulted in three people being transported to the hospital and traffic brought to a standstill for hours.

Photo’s from Minden Fire & Rescue’s Facebook page

According to the Iowa State Patrol, the accident happened at around 3:30-p.m., as two vehicles were stopped in the right lane, due to heavy traffic caused by road work at mile marker 31, where the one lane was shut down for repairs. Two other vehicles were stopped in the left lane. A 2012 Mercedes GK3 driven by 44-year old Bruce Eric Kinman, of Des Moines, was approaching at a high rate of speed. Kinman swerved left to miss the vehicles in the right lane, but hit a Chrysler 200, sending it into the median. The Mercedes then sideswiped a Hyundai SUV, causing it to lift off the ground and sideswipe a tractor-trailer before it slammed into a Honda mini-van, which then rear-ended a pickup truck.

Injured in the crash, was 40-year old Catherine H. Keylon and her passenger, 7-year old Isabel Keylon, both from Clive (Iowa), and 50-year old Jane M. Gerolimetto, of Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada. Catherine and Isabel Keylon were transported by Minden Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Gerolimetto was taken to the same hospital by Neola Rescue. The injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.

The Mercedes, Chrysler, Honda Odyssey mini-van and GMC Sierra pickup were totaled in the crash. The SUV sustained moderate damage.