(Cedar County, Iowa) – Four people were injured Wednesday evening in eastern Iowa, when a pickup and a car collided southeast of Mechanicsville. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2003 Ford F-150 pickup was eastbound on Highway 30 approaching Indian Avenue at around 6:15-p.m., when for reasons unknown, the vehicle crossed the center line of the road into the westbound lane, where the pickup collided with a 2008 Toyota Avalon.

Both drivers and two juvenile passengers were injured in the crash. No names had been released as of the posting of this report. One of the crash victims was transported by ambulance to St. Lukes Hospital. One of the juveniles was transported to the UIHC hospital. The second juvenile and an adult were transported to UIHC, with the adult being taken by helicopter.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, Tipton, Mechanicsville and Clarence Police Departments, Clarence, Mechanicsville, Stanwood and Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Fire/Ambulance, Aircare and MedForce.