(Leon, Iowa) – A man on a motorized wheelchair was injured Thursday evening, when he was struck by a pickup truck. The accident in the Decatur County town of Leon happened at around 6:15-p.m.  According to the Iowa State Patrol, a Ford F-150 pickup driven by 33-year-old Jordan Durell, of Leon, was traveling eastbound in the 800 block of NW 6th Stree in Leon, at the same time a motorized wheelchair operated by 64-year-old Anthony Owens, of Leon was traveling eastbound on the roadway.

Durell failed to see Owens due to it being dark, and the wheelchair was unlit. The resulting impact tossed Owens  from his wheelchair. He came to rest in south ditch. The wheelchair came to rest on the road.

Owens was transported by ambulance to the Decatur County Hospital, and then flown by MercyOne helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. A report on his condition was not immediately available.