(Corydon, Iowa) – Two people were injured during a head-on crash Monday afternoon, east of Corydon, in Wayne County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2014 Dodge van driven by 72-year-old Norman George, of Allerton, was traveling west on Highway 2, and was attempting to pass a 1967 John Deere 40-20 farm tractor pulling a hay trailer, when the van hit the rear of the tractor/hay trailer, causing the van to be pushed into coming traffic. The tractor was operated by 68-year-old George H. Harders, of Corydon.

The van then struck a 2014 Chevy Sonic head-on before rolling over. The impact resulted in the car entering the north ditch. The tractor/hay trailer stopped on the right shoulder of the road. The crash happened at around 2:35-p.m.

Norman George, and the driver of the Chevy Sonic, 34-year-old Robert W. Schuler, of Seymour, suffered severe injuries and were flown by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines.

The Patrol says George was not wearing a seat belt.