(Mt. Ayr, Iowa) – The drivers of two vehicles that collided Monday morning in Ringgold County were transported to the hospital following the crash that took place west of Mount Ayr. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2012 Buick Enclave driven by 40-year-old Alemu Enguday Temesgen, of St. Joseph, Mo., was traveling north on Ringgold County Road P27, when the SUV ran a stop sign at the intersection with Highway 2.

The SUV struck a 2005 Dodge van on its passenger side, as the van was traveling east on Highway 2. The driver, 18-year-old William Allen O’Conner, of Clearfield, was transported by Ringgold County EMS to the hospital in Mt. Ayr. Temesgen was flown by Life Flight helicopter to a hospital in Kansas City.

The crash happened at around 8:27-a.m.