(Pella, Iowa) – Two people were injured Tuesday afternoon near Pella, in a crash that involved three vehicles, including a school bus carrying members of the Pella girls’ soccer team. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the three vehicles, a 2010 VW Jetta, a 2001 Lincoln Navigator SUV, and a 2023 International bus were traveling west on Highway 163 west of Pella, at around 4-p.m. Tuesday, when the SUV slowed in the left lane to make a left turn. The VW failed to slow down, and ran into the rear of the SUV, causing the Lincoln to roll-over and hit the side of the bus, which was traveling in an adjacent lane.

A rear-seat passenger in the SUV, 65-year-old Rickey Maples, of Knoxville, was injured and flown by LifeFlight helicopter to a hospital in Des Moines. A front seat passenger in the SUV, 24-year-old Dante Dobbins, of Pleasantville, was transported to the Pella Hospital by Pella EMS. No one on the bus was hurt, and none of the drivers of the vehicles were injured.

The Patrol identified the drivers as: 21-yuear-old Breyton Schwenker, of Newton (VW); 56-year-old Betty Maples, of Pleasantville (SUV); and 59-year-old Gregory Dickenson, of Pella (the driver of the bus).

The girls’ varsity soccer game was cancelled Tuesday evening, as a result of the crash.