(Harrison County, Iowa) – A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 west of Missouri Valley, Saturday afternoon, resulted in injuries to three adults and three juveniles. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the accident happened on northbound I-29 near mile marker 80, at around 4:11-p.m., as vehicles were slowing and merging into the fast lane, due to a previous accident in the east ditch,

When one of the vehicles slowed to a near stop, it was rear-ended by another vehicle before being shoved into a third vehicle. That vehicle was pushed into a fourth vehicle, which then went airborne and came to rest upside down in the median. The rest of the vehicles were also caught-up in rear-end collisions.

The driver of one of the vehicles, a 2012 Lincoln passenger car (22-year-old Jens Walter Marttinen, of Dassel, MN), and a passenger in a 2022 Chevy truck (64-year-old Laurie Ann Stee, of Gary, SD), along with 50-year-old Chad Donald Cantrall, of Altoona (who was driving a 2024 Honda passenger car), along with a one-year and and 9-year old female and a 16-year-old male were also injured in the crash.

The 16-year-old, Chad Cantrall and Laurie Ann Stee, were transported to Missouri Valley Hospital by EMS. Jens Marttinen was flown by helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha, while the two juvenile females were flown by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Omaha.

The crash brought traffic between the Missouri Valley and Modale Exits to a standstill in both directions for about four-hours. Multiple agencies assisted at the scene, including the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri Valley Fire Department, Mondamin Fire and Rescue, the Logan Fire and Rescue Association, Harrison County EMA/Dispatch.

The accident remained under investigation.