One person was critically injured Tuesday afternoon in a truck accident southeast of Council Bluffs. Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office told the Omaha World-Herald, that the accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. at 22338 Pioneer Trail. 80-year old Francis Hedrick of rural Council Bluffs was taken by medical helicopter to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The Sheriff’s Office said Hedrick was eastbound on Pioneer Trail in a 2003 Ford F-150 pickup truck as a 1983 GMC flatbed straight truck was backing out of a driveway. The pickup struck the back of the straight truck, the Sheriff’s Office said, and the crash left Hedrick briefly trapped in the Ford after the vehicle’s dashboard was pushed into him.

He was taken by a Lewis Township rescue squad to the Lewis Central High School parking lot, where he was transferred to the medical helicopter, the Sheriff’s Office said. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, authorities said. Hedrick was listed in good condition Wednesday.

The driver of the straight truck, 32-year old Travis Tyson, of Bellevue, was not injured. The Sheriff’s Office said Tyson cited for unsafe backing and failure to yield.