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Bluffs man has a medical-related accident in Mills County crash, Sunday

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March 1st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A man who suffered from a medical condition was injured during a single-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on I-29, in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 46-year old James Bushey, of Council Bluffs, was traveling south on I-29 at mile marker 27 at around 1:25-p.m., when he lost control of his 2008 Toyota Tundra, while suffering from a medical episode. The pickup crossed the median and both northbound lanes before entering a ditch, hitting a barbed wire fence, and coming to rest in a farm field.

The vehicle sustained minor damage. Bushey was flown from the scene by LifeNet helicopter to Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office and Glenwood Rescue assisted at the scene.