In an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol says two people were hurt during a single-vehicle accident early this (Tuesday) morning, in Cass County. The driver of a 2010 Lincoln MKZ, 34-year old Kelius Guzman, of Bolingbrook, IL, and his passenger, 23-year old Jacob Grady, also of Bolingbrook, were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, after the vehicle went off the road at around 4-a.m. The crash wasn’t discovered until one of the men managed to flag down a vehicle just after 6-a.m.

Both subjects were later transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, with Guzman being flown by helicopter, and Grady transported by ambulance. Both men were wearing their seat belts.

The Patrol says the car was eastbound in the right lane of Interstate 80 near the 72 mile marker, when Guzman swerved to avoid an animal. The car left the road and entered the median before going airborne down an embankment. The front end of the vehicle hit the ground before the car came to rest in the west ditch off of 770th Street.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Anita Fire and Rescue.