Three people from Texas were injured during a collision early this (Friday) morning, in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2017 Toyota RAV 4 driven by a man from Des Moines, struck a deer on southbound Interstate 35, and was disabled in the left lane. A 2014 Nissan Versa, driven by 47-year old Gerardo Lara, of Amarillo, TX, struck the Toyota in the rear.

Lara, and his passengers, Michael Huelster, of Amarillo, and Juan Solis, of Roscoe, TX, were injured and transported by Norwalk EMS to Methodist Hospital. The accident happened at around 1-a.m., today (Friday).