(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Ankeny suffered severe/incapacitating lower extremity injuries, during a collision that occurred at around 1-p.m. on February 8th, near Panora. Officials say a Fed Ex delivery van driven by 45-year-old Joel Brink, of Ames, was traveling south on Highway 25 and had stopped at the intersection with 120th Street, while waiting for cross traffic to pass. A 2005 Chevy pickup truck driven by 22-year-old Meghan McBride, of Ankeny, was also southbound on Highway 25. When she looked down at her watch to view a message, she failed to notice the van stopped ahead of her.

The pickup struck the van from behind, causing the van to be propelled into the southeast ditch, where it rolled onto its side. The pickup continued southwest past the point of impact, and into the southwest corner of the intersection, before impacting a ditch. McBride was not wearing her seat belt. Brink was properly belted into the van.

Both drivers were transported by Panora EMS, with McBride being taken to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, and Brink transported to the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center.