(Osceola, Iowa) – Two people were injured in a chain-reaction crash this (Tuesday) morning, in Clarke County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2024 Ford Explorer (SUV) driven by 42-year-old Mathew Allen McCuddin, of Osceola,was traveling north on Interstate 35 near mile marker 25 at around 5:15-a.m., when his vehicle rear-ended a semi tractor-trailer. The impact caused the SUV to overturn before it came to rest in the right lane, and was struck by a 2012 Ford Escape (SUV) driven by 21-year-old Destiny Lynn Beener, of Lucas.

The collision caused the Escape to rollover and come to rest in the left lane. The semi involved in the collision left the scene of the accident. McCuddin and Beener were transported by Clarke County Ambulance to separate hospitals. The Patrol says McCuddin was not wearing a seat belt.