(Atkins, Iowa) – A head-on crash west of Cedar Rapids resulted in injuries to six people (including three juveniles), Saturday night. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened on Highway 30 just east of 32nd Avenue, west of Cedar Rapids, at around 8:30-p.m.  Officials say a 2017 Toyota Corolla was traveling east in the westbound inside lane of Highway 30, when it struck a 2010 Dodge Avenger traveling west in the westbound inside lane. A non-contact, third vehicle..a 2014 Ford Fiesta…was struck by and ran over debris from the initial collision.

The names and ages of the injured were not immediately released.  One of the injured was transported by EMS to a hospital in Cedar Rapids. Another was transported by helicopter to the University of Iowa Health Center, in Iowa City. The report did not indicate if the remaining individuals were transported to a hospital or treated at the scene and released.

The accident remains under investigation. Benton County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted the Patrol at the crash scene.