(Mitchellville, Iowa) – Two people were injured in a fiery crash Wednesday night on Interstate 80 in Polk County. The crash resulted in the Interstate being closed for hours. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 7:38-p.m. when a 2008 KIA Sorento traveling west on I-80 near Mitchellville entered the median at a crossover, and struck the cable barrier. The vehicle then continued into the eastbound lanes, where it struck a Kenworth semi head-on. Both vehicles left the roadway and became fully engulfed in flames.

The driver of the KIA, 66-year-old Leslie Ann Ambrosino, of West Des Moines, and the driver of the semi, 27-year-old Kiloile Siogue, of Carbon Cliff, IL, were injured. Ambrosino was transported to Methodist Hospital by Micthellville Fire. Siogue was taken to Lutheran Hospital by Bondurant Fire. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

Crews with the Bondurant, Colfax, Altoona, Baxter, Mitchellville and Mingo Fire Departments, along with Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputies, assisted at the scene. (Photos via the Iowa State Patrol’s Facebook page)