(Van Meter, Iowa) – A collision on Interstate 80 in Dallas County Wednesday night resulted in a man from Adair County being flown to a hospital in Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2011 Ford Escape (SUV) driven by 81-year-old Charles Huddleson, of Orient, was traveling west on I-80, just west of the Van Meter interchange (Exit 113) at around 8-p.m. Wednesday, when the vehicle struck the rear of a semi tractor-trailer traveling westbound in the same lane.

Following the collision, the SUV ran off the road to the right and overturned and came to rest in what the Patrol said was an “Uncontrolled resting position” in a construction area. Huddleson – who was not wearing a seat belt – was injured, and flown by medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Information on the semi and its driver was not immediately available.

Multiple agencies assisted at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.