(Treynor, Iowa) – Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday evening, said a serious injury accident occurred at around 7-a.m. today (Tuesday), near Treynor. According to the report, at around 7:02-a.m., Deputies and Treynor Fire and Rescue personnel were dispatched to the intersection of State Highway 92 and 290th Street, for a vehicle versus semi collision, with injuries.

Upon arrival, first responders found a 2006 Saturn Ion, driven by 24-year-old Zachary Dickerson, of Treynor, had struck a 2004 Wilson Cattle Trailer, operated by 68-year-old Dannie Schnepel, also of Treynor, that had become disabled in the roadway. Dickerson was extricated from his car by Treynor Fire, and transported to Nebraska Medicine Trauma Center, with life threatening injuries.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Department of Motor Vehicle Enforcement. The collision remains under investigation by the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office Technical Collision Investigation Unit.