(Taylor County, IA) – A collision between an SUV and a semi tractor-trailer resulted in at least three people being transported to the hospital. Officials with the Lenox Fire Department report rescue crews were dispatched at 3:31-p.m. Thursday to the intersection of Highway 148 and 130th Street, west of Lenox and north of Gravity, for a two vehicle accident with injuries. Dispatch reports at the time indicated an adult female and two children were injured when the SUV rear-ended the semi. (Photos are from the Lenox Fire Department’s Facebook page)

Photos from the scene provided by Lenox Fire on their social media page, showed an SUV with a crushed front and a semi, along with images of grain/corn and debris being cleared from the road. Officials say Highway 148 had to be shut down for a while as investigators worked and clean-up crews cleared the roads.

Authorities said agencies assisting at the scene included: The Taylor County Ambulance, and Sheriff’s Office; Corning Fire Department; the Iowa State Patrol and Shepherd’s Towing.