(Anita, Iowa) – The male driver of a Volvo suffered from a head injury following a collision with a Jeep early this (Sunday) morning, in Cass County. The accident happened at around 4-a.m. on I-80 eastbound near the 68.5 mile marker.

Firefighters and rescue personnel from Anita and Wiota, as well as Cass EMS and Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.

Reports indicated one of the vehicles went off into the ditch and caught fire. The fire then spread to an adjacent field. The female driver of the vehicle was able to escape without apparent injury, prior to firefighters’ arrival. The flames were quickly extinguished. The driver of the Volvo was transported to Cass Health.

No other details are currently available.