Seven people were hurt during a collision in northwest Iowa’s Pocahontas County, Friday evening. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash involving a 2013 Dodge Dart and a 2015 Ford F-250 pickup, happened at around 6:05-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 3 and 15, between Pocahontas and Gilmore City.

Authorities say the westbound pickup driven by 65-year old Thomas Hemmingsen, of Newell, struck the car in the westbound lane, as the Dodge, driven by 17-year old Adrian Kannard, of Rockwell City, was turning northbound onto Highway 15.

Two occupants of the vehicles suffered minor injuries, five suffered serious injuries and were flown by Life Flight to Iowa Methodist Medical Center/Blank Children’s Hospital, in Des Moines. Adrian Kannard was driven by Pocahontas Ambulance to the Spencer Hospital. Hemmingsen and 64-year old Michael McNace, of Lake View, were transported by Humboldt EMS to the hospital in Humboldt.

The others who were hurt and flown to the hospital, were identified as 15-year old Brittany Niehaus and 16-year old Ethan Hinners, both of Fonda, and 65-year old Patricia Bartholomew, of Boone. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts. Information on the seventh victim was not immediately available in the Patrol’s report.