(Van Meter, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident involving an SUV left three teens from Norwalk injured, in Dallas County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Chevy Equinox driven by 16-year-old John Henry Clark, was traveling north on East Street in Van Meter, when Clark failed to negotiate the turn at Elm Street. The SUV struck an embankment, causing Clark, and his passengers: 16-year-old Reagan Groskreutz and 17-year-old Lily Hughes, to be injured.  Groskreutz was transported by Mercy One Helicopter to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines. Hughes was transported to Blank Children’s Hospital by Waukee EMS.

The accident happened at around 9:47-p.m., Thursday. It remains under investigation.