(Albia, Iowa) – Two people were injured during a collision late Wednesday morning between an AMTRAK train, and a garbage truck. The collision happened at around 11:30-a.m. in Monroe County, northwest of the small town of Avery, which is northeast of Albia. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2011 International garbage truck driven by 33-year-old Kyle Vincent Redinger, of Fairfield, was traveling east on 160th Street from 695th, when the truck was struck broadside by the train, and the truck was attempting to cross the Burlington Northern tracks.

The force of the collision caused Redinger to be ejected from the truck, and resulting in serious, life threatening injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. Redinger was transported by Mercy One Air helicopter, to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.The garbage truck was destroyed by the crash.

The operator of the train, 49-year-old Jennifer Harvey, of Gretna, Nebraska, was injured during the collision, but refused medical care.