(Mondamin, Iowa) – Three people were injured during a collision on Interstate 29 just south of the Mondamin exit in Harrison County, Saturday evening. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2013 Chrysler driven by 35-year-old Junior Belleh Solo, of Des Moines, was southbound on I-29 at around 7:50-p.m. near mile marker 89, when the car drove onto the west shoulder and struck the rear of a 2019 Toyota Camry, that was parked on the shoulder with a flat tire.

Following the impact, the Chrysler went across both lanes of traffic and came to rest on the east shoulder of the road against the cable guard rail. Solo suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Missouri Valley Hospital by Mondamin EMS. The driver of the Toyota, 35-year-old Abhijit Bahl, of Omaha, also suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital in Mondamin by Missouri Valley EMS.

A front seat passenger in the Toyota, 28-year-old Kanika Dhawan, of Omaha, was flown from the scene by Life Flight to the UNMC in Omaha. All three of the injured were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department.