A collision between a car and an SUV Sunday night in Mills County, sent two people from Nebraska to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports the drivers of the vehicles, 42-year old Ko Be, and 23-year old Johnathan Lindeman, both of Omaha, were transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs and the UNMC in Omaha, respectively, with Lindeman transported to the UNMC by LifeNet, and Ko Be transported to Mercy, by Pacific Junction Rescue. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

The Patrol says Ko Be was traveling north on Interstate 29 at around 10:15-p.m., when Be fell asleep at the wheel of a 2007 Toyota Highlander. The SUV struck the rear of a 2002 Ford Escort, driven by Lindeman, near mile marker 34.5, causing the Ford to leave the road to the right and rollover, before coming to rest on the edge of a farm field.

The Toyota also left I-29 and came to rest near the edge of a farm field.