Two semi’s were involved in an accident Thursday morning on Interstate 80 in Cass County, but there were no serious injuries. Cass EMS, Anita Rescue and Wiota Fire were dispatched at around 6:45-a.m. to the crash in the construction zone on I-80 westbound, at mile marker 63, where the road funnels down to one lane. Trooper Ryan Devault tells KJAN News one semi left the road and entered the median, but stayed upright.

(The second semi went out of control and struck the first semi, resulting in a complete lane blockage.)

The impact pushed the first semi into the cable guardrail, causing damage to the DOT guardrail. The driver of the semi that went into the median was trying to drive out of the median mud, when his rig was struck. The driver of the first semi was identified as 42-year old Amos Dorival, of Fayetteville, NC. The second semi was driven by 46-year old Mahdi Guled, of Edmondton, Alberta Canada. One of the drivers hit his head on the steering wheel, but both drivers refused medical treatment at the scene.  Trooper DeVault said there’s no reason drivers should be involved in an accident in that area, since it is well marked as a construction zone that funnels down to one-lane ahead.

He says semi’s seem to have the most difficult time navigating through the construction zone.  Assisting the Iowa State Patrol at the scene was the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Dept. of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division and Roads Dept., along with the aforementioned rescue units.