(Lyon County, IA) – Two people were critically injured when a car was struck by a semi at around 1:20-p.m. Thursday, in northwest Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Toyota Corolla driven by 36-year-old Andrea Solis, of Houston, TX, was stopped at a stop sign facing north, at the intersection of Highway 9 and K-30. When she pulled away from the intersection, Solis failed to yield to a westbound Peterbilt semi that was pulling a propane tanker, and driven by 46-year-old Joseph Moeller, of Bryant, SD.

The truck collided with the car in the intersection, before the Toyota struck a stationary Chevy Tracker, that was stopped in the eastbound lane, waiting to turn north onto K-30, into Lester (IA). Solis and her passenger, 67-year-old Marga Valderrama De Barrious, of Crofton, NE, were critically injured, and flown to Sanford Sioux Falls Hospital by helicopter. The Patrol says Solis was not wearing her seat belt.

The driver of the semi and Chevy Tracker were not hurt.