The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has released more information about an injury accident that took place late Tuesday morning near Council Bluffs. Officials say the Sheriff’s Office received a call about at around 11:27-a.m. about a two vehicle head on collision that occurred on Highway 6 near the intersection of 238th street in rural Pottawattamie County.

Deputies arrived within minutes to find a 2005 Ford E250 Econoline van spun and in the middle
of the highway and a 2001 Subaru Legacy down an embankment in the south side ditch. An early
investigation of the accident indicated that the west bound Econoline van driven by 34-year old Tommy Manheim, of Ralston, NE., encountered a slick portion of roadway, fishtailed then crossed the center line of the highway striking the east bound Subaru Legacy driven by21-year old  Stephen Formhals, of Hastings, Iowa.

Formhals was extricated from his vehicle and flown to University of Nebraska Medical Center, where h was listed in critical condition. Manheim was said to have been uninjured. The accidentremains under investigation.