The Council Bluffs Police Department reports an accident occurred on Friday night at the I-80 eastbound entrance ramp at Highway 6 involving a tractor-trailer and vehicle. At 6:44 p.m. Officers responded to the scene and determined that the tractor trailer had mistakenly taken the Highway 6 exit and was attempting to get right back on the interstate. As the semi was traveling across the traffic lanes of Highway 6 it broadsided a vehicle that was traveling northbound. The northbound lanes of Highway 6 were shut down while the accident was investigated.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to UNMC in Omaha for treatment of unknown injuries. The accident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit and no names are being released at this time.