(In an update to our earlier online story), Five people were injured during a crash involving a semi and two other vehicles Sunday morning, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says 24-year old Xinyao Li, 26-year old Gao Tianxiang, 45-year old Bo Yang, and 25-year old Shuo Yang, all of Ames, and 32-year old Juanita Kern, of Grimes, were injured in the crash that took place on I-80 eastbound near the 48.5-mile marker, at around 10:55-a.m.

Officials say a 2007 Toyota Camry driven by Xinyao Li, was traveling westbound in the left lane as a semi was passing her in the right lane. The Toyota went out of control and entered the median into eastbound traffic and sideswiped a 2013 KIA Sorento, driven by Juanita Kern. The KIA came to rest on the ditch, while the Toyota spun around in the eastbound lane and was hit by an eastbound 2015 Freightliner semi, driven by 32-year old Daniel Koller, of Mt. Pleasant.

The Toyota ended up in the median. Four people in the vehicle suffered severe injuries and were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic, by Medivac Ambulance. Kern suffered minor injuries, and was also transported to CCMH for treatment. Yang, who was  one of the passengers in the Toyota, was later transported by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.