(Osceola, IA) – A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer Wednesday afternoon in Clarke County, resulted in two people being transported to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened on Interstate 35 southbound, at the Osceola Exit (mm 33), at around 1:10-p.m.

According to the Patrol, a Chevy Cruz driven by 20-year-old Ryleigh Ann Rawls, of Iowa City, attempted to merge into the right lane to take the exit ramp, when the vehicle came into contact with a Kenworth semi, driven by 40-year-old James Keith Lawrence, of Iowa City. Rawls’ action caused her vehicle to become pinned in between the semi and the guard rail before both vehicles came to rest.

Ryleigh Rawls and her passenger, 71-year-old Patricia Louise Swartzendruber, of Iowa City, were injured in the collision. Both women were transported to area hospitals by Clarke County EMS.