(Ankeny, Iowa) – Five people were injured in a head-on collision between an SUV and a pickup early this (Sunday) morning, in Polk County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2012 Chevy Equinox SUV was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 near mile marker 87, when it struck a 2022 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 25-year-old Charles Joseph Williams, of Ankeny. The identity of the SUV driver was not immediately released. The accident happened at around 4:50-a.m.

Williams, and four others were transported by Polk County Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. They were identified as: 25-year-old Iliana Tijeros, of Webster City; 27-year-old Irina Catherine Hamelund, of Ankeny; 22-year-old Jonathan David McKeever, of Woodward, and 21-year-old Kadence E. Miller, of Gilman, IL. All of those injured were wearing their seat belts.

The crash remains under investigation.