(Glenwood, Iowa) – Three people were injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident early this (Saturday) morning, in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened on I29 northbound at around 4:30-a.m., when the driver of a 2003 Ford SUV, 28-year-old Iri Mendez Degante, of Omaha, fell asleep at the wheel near mile marker 32.

The SUV entered the east ditch. Degante over-corrected, sending the vehicle onto the traveled portion of the road. It slid across the road and into the median before rolling over several times and coming to rest on its top.

Degante, and his passengers: 23-year-old Valero Degante-Cruz, and 22-year-old Juan Degante-Cruz, both of Omaha, were injured. They were not wearing seat belts. Iri DeGante and Juan Degante-Cruz, were transported by Silver City Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Valero Degante-Cruz was transported by LifeNet to the Med Center in Omaha.

Mills and Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.