(Lowden, Iowa) – A car struck a legally parked semi early this (Sunday) morning in eastern Iowa, resulting in two people being sent to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 1:40-a.m. in Lowden, when a 2013 Audi A6 driven by 23-year-old Blake J. Johnson, of Aledo, IL, left Main Street in Tipton and struck an unoccupied 2005 Freightliner semi, which was in a parking lot.

Johnson, and a passenger in his vehicle, 20-year-old Adam Dean Duncan, of Lowden (IA), were injured in the crash. Both were transported by ambulance to the UIHC (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics).

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Tipton Police, the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, and the Clarence and Lowden Fire Departments.