(Jones County, Iowa) – A collision Friday morning in northeastern Iowa resulted in three people being sent to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol says a car driven by 31-year-old Esdras Perez-Velazquez, of Monticello, was traveling north on Highway 38 north of Monticello at around 7:15-a.m., Friday, when the vehicle went out of control due to weather/road conditions. The car slid into the southbound lanes, where it collided with a pickup truck driven by 65-year-old Cathy Lueck, of Dyersville.

Both drivers, and a passenger in the car, 38-year-old Miguel Ramos-Alberto, of Monticello, were injured and transported by ambulance to hospitals in Iowa City and Dyersville.