(Woodbury County, Iowa) – An eastern Iowa man was injured during a collision Saturday afternoon in northwest Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 41-year-old Nickolas William Klein, of Cedar Falls, was traveling east in a 2014 Dodge RAM pickup on Highway 20, north of Cushing, at around 4:45-p.m., when his pickup struck the trailer being pulled by a 2007 Freightliner semi driven by 71-year-old Dale Ralph Knaack, of Correctionville, as the semi was entering Highway 20 eastbound.

The pickup sustained extensive damage. Both vehicles came to rest on the south shoulder of the highway. Klein suffered serious injuries and was transported to Unity Point St. Lukes hospital by helicopter. The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.