Police in Council Bluffs, late Sunday evening, released additional information about a sledding accident that occurred Saturday afternoon. Officials said at around 12:55-p.m., 5-year old Kailey Maloney, of Council Bluffs was sledding near Abraham Lincoln High School. Her sled slid onto Bennett Avenue. 58-year old Michael Needham, of Council Bluffs, was driving southbound on Bennett Avenue in a Chevy Colorado pickup, when Kailey slide into the path of the pickup and was struck.

The girl was seriously injured and transported by the Council Bluffs Fire Department to the Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition. Needham was not injured. The Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating the crash. No further information is available at this time