One person was injured during a single-vehicle accident a little before 6-p.m. Sunday, in Mineola. The Iowa State Patrol reports 66-year old Kenneth J. Kleffman, of Glenwood, was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer southbound on 4th Street, near the intersection with Maple Street in Mineola, when the SUV went out of control.

It entered the south ditch off Maple Street before coming to rest. Kleffman, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered serious injuries and was transported by Silver City Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. The accident remains under investigation.

The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Mills County Sheriff’s Office.