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Oregon man injured in a high-speed crash in Ames

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December 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Ames, Iowa)  – An SUV that was traveling at a high-rate of speed and passing other vehicles on the left shoulder of I-35 northbound in Ames, Thursday, crossed both lanes of traffic before flipping multiple times and coming to rest in the east ditch. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of the 2018 Ford Explorer, 29-year-old Zackery Coltin Harker, of North Bend, Oregon, was injured. The accident happened near mile marker 118, at around 4:20-p.m.

Harker – who was wearing a seat belt – was transported by the Iowa State Patrol to the Story County Medical Center. The crash remains under investigation.