(In an update to our earlier reports) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), said deputies and emergency crews were dispatched at around 7:34-a.m.,to the area of Highway 6 and Sunnydale Road for a motor vehicle accident involving a concrete truck and a Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) transport vehicle. When deputies arrived, they determined three vehicles were involved in the accident.

An investigation determined that 66-year old Bernard Morrison, of Crescent, was westbound on Highway 6 near the intersection of Sunnydale Road, in a 2018 Champion Defender transport vehicle with eight passengers. The vehicle was registered to the Southwest Iowa Planning Council, based in Atlantic.

40-year old Luke Andrle of Omaha, NE., was eastbound on Highway 6 near the intersection of Sunnydale Road in a 2015 Kenworth cement truck owned by Consolidated Concrete LLC, of Omaha, NE. 58-year old Scott Peterson, of Eden Prairie, MN. was eastbound on Highway 6 near the intersection of Sunnydale Road in a 2017 Ford Fusion.

A preliminary investigation indicates that SWIPCO bus crossed the center line and struck the cement truck, which in-turn, hit the SUV. As a result of the collision, six passengers in the bus were transported to area hospitals. Luke Andrle was transported to the hospital as well. None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening. The motor vehicle accident remains under investigation.