A teenager from Black Hawk County was seriously injured during a collision Wednesday night with a trailer pulled by a pickup owned by a Union County man. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2003 Dodge pickup driven by 45-year old Keith Allen Miner, of Creston, was stopped in the traveled portion of Highway 20 eastbound near the 227 mile marker, while Miner was picking up a portion of his load that fell out of his trailer or pickup.

A 2004 Ford Focus, driven by 17-year old Noah Boyer, of LaPorte City, was eastbound traveling at highway speed at around 10:05-p.m., when the car struck the right side of Miner’s trailer. The teen was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Covenant Hospital before being transferred to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Miner was not injured. Authorities say Boyer suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, which remains under investigation.