(Mason City, IA) – A man from Cerro Gordo County was injured when he was struck by a transit bus, earlier this week, in Mason City. The Iowa State Patrol, Wednesday, said 68-year-old Francis James Hanig, of Rockwell, was struck while he was crossing a street at the intersection of N. Washington Avenue and 3rd Street NW, at around 2:30-p.m.  Hanig was transported by Mason City Ambulance to MercyOne North Iowa, where a report on his condition was not released.

An investigation determined a 2017 transit bus driven by 79-year-old Ralph Madison, of Mason City, was facing westbound at 3rd St. and N. Washington. Francis Hanig was in the crosswalk on the south side of the intersection. When the transit bus turned southbound and failed to yield, the front end of the bus struck him.

Mason City Police assisted at the accident scene.