The driver of a Dodge Caravan and a three-year old boy were injured in a single vehicle accident late Monday morning, in Adams County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 70-year old Ruth Lyons, of Creston, was traveling south on the Corning-Carl Road (County Road N-53), when the van went out of control, left the road and entered the south ditch before hitting a field drive.

The van continued in the ditch where it overturned and came to rest on its top. Lyons, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. The unidentified child was taken by Corning Rescue to CHI Mercy Hospital, in Corning. The accident, which took place at around 11:35-a.m., remains under investigation by the State Patrol.

Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office along with Corning Fire and Rescue personnel, assisted the Patrol at the scene.