The Iowa Department of Public Safety said today (Saturday), that Sheriff’s officials in northwest Iowa’s Lyon County had requested the Iowa State Patrol investigate a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident involving a Deputy. The crash happened Friday morning. The Deputy’s name was not immediately released.

A preliminary investigation shows that crash occurred on County Road K-52/Hickory Ave. Just south of 160th St.  A Lyon County Deputy was operating a 2018 Ford Explorer Police SUV northbound in non-emergency status on K-52 entering a sharp curve to the right.  The SUV left the roadway to the left, entered the ditch, vaulted a private driveway, and rolled.  The SUV came to rest on the driver’s side on the gravel driveway.

The Deputy suffered incapacitating injuries and was flown by air ambulance to Sioux Falls, SD. The crash remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol, and a technical collision investigation is being completed by the Iowa State Patrol.

Other agencies assisting at the scene were the Lyon County Ambulance, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and Rock Rapids Fire and Rescue.