(Updated 6:30-a.m., 7/5/21) – Three people were injured during a single-vehicle accident at around 4:42-a.m. Sunday (today), in Cass County. According to dispatch reports, the crash happened on Interstate 80 westbound, near mile marker 62. Anita Rescue and Wiota Fire were paged to the scene. Wiota was later advised they could “disregard” the call. Initial reports indicated the vehicle was a Buick Park Avenue. The injured included a pregnant female, a male with a possible broken leg and a third victim with injuries that were not described. A Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy was the first on scene.

There were at least three other accidents in the area, Sunday:

• A man standing on the shoulder of I-80 westbound at mile-marker 54, was struck by a passing vehicle. The accident happened Sunday afternoon. The man suffered minor injuries.
• Sunday evening, two females suffered possible/unknown injuries during a rollover accident east of Elk Horn.
• And, a crash occurred near Lorimor, in Union County Sunday. At least two ambulances and an Air Med Helicopter were called to the scene. Additional details are currently not available on those incidents.