(Urbandale, Iowa) – A man who entered Interstate 80 late Friday night in Urbandale was struck by a vehicle and transported to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Ford Freestar van driven by 34-year-old Maria Alarcon, of Urbandale, was traveling west on I-80 near mile marker 126.5 at around 10:06-p.m., when 18-year-old Quinn Edward Melchert, of Eldridge, Iowa, entered the roadway. The man was taken to Methodist Hospital by Urbandale EMS.

A report on his condition was not available. The accident remains under investigation.