One person was injured during a collision between an SUV and a horse-drawn buggy Friday evening, northwest of Riceville, in northern Iowa’s Mitchell County. The Iowa State Patrol reports Christian Bontreger, of Riceville, was driving the buggy on Walnut Street near the intersection with 450th, when it was struck from behind by a southbound 1997 Jeep Cherokee. Following the collision, both vehicles landed in the ditch. The accident happened at around 6:12-p.m.

Bontreger was transported by ambulance to the Mayo Hospital. There was no report on his condition. The driver of the Jeep, 67-year old Ronald Mayer, of Riceville, was not injured. He was arrested for OWI.