Two people from Nebraska and one person from Iowa were injured during a three-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on Highway 2, in Fremont County. The Iowa State Patrol reports at around 4:45-p.m., a 2013 Ford F-250 pickup driven by 54-year old Vernon Christiansen, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was traveling east on Highway 2 at the one mile marker, when for reasons unknown, he failed to slow for traffic that was stopped in a construction zone.

The pickup hit the rear end of a stopped 2017 Subaru Outback, driven by 63-year old Maureen Fowler, of Lincoln, NE. Her vehicle then struck the rear of a 2014 GMC Acadia driven by 59-year old Teresa Hopkins, of Sidney (IA). Her SUV was pushed into the back of yet aa 2009 Ford F-150. During the crash, the Subaru spun around and came to rest in the opposite lane of Highway 2, facing sideways. The pickup crossed the center line and struck a westbound vehicle head-on, after the westbound vehicle struck the F-150.

Christiansen was transported by LifeNet to Bergan-Mercy Hospital. Fowler was transported by Nebraska City Rescue to St Mary’s Hospital, and Hopkins was brought to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg, by Hamburg Rescue. The accident remains under investigation.