(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa D-O-T is urging drivers to slow down and pay attention to what’s ahead after a D-O-T vehicle was heavily damaged Tuesday in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa. According to a spokesperson for the Iowa D-O-T, a motor enforcement officer was inside his vehicle, providing traffic control at a crash south of Onawa, in the southbound lanes of I-29, when a semi hit his S-U-V from behind. The officer inside the S-U-V was injured, taken to a hospital and has been released.

The D-O-T says investigators do not know yet if the winter weather conditions at the time of the crash played a role in the accident — but the agency is urging drivers to slow down and focus on the task of driving, especially when conditions are less than perfect.