(Defiance, Iowa) – Three people were injured during  a head-on crash Friday afternoon in northern Shelby County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 GMC Sierra driven by 46-year-old Ryan Wheatley, of Spirit Lake, was northbound on Highway 59, at the same time a 2014 Dodge Avenger driven by 19-year-old Evan Edwards, of Council Bluffs, was traveling southbound.

The pickup entered the northbound lane and truck the car head-on. Both vehicles came to rest in the west ditch. The accident happened at around 4:40-p.m., just north of County Road F-16. Edwards and an eight-year-old child passenger were wearing seat belts. Wheatley was not.  Scanner reports at the time said one of victims was trapped in one of the vehicles and needed to be extricated.

Evan Edwards was transported by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha.  Ryan Wheatley and the child were transported to Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, by Defiance Rescue. The accident remains under investigation. Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.