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1 injured in a Boone County accident, Friday morning

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June 16th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Odgen, Iowa) – A collision Friday morning between a car and a straight truck in Boone County, resulted in one person being flown to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened at around 8:30-a.m., as 41-year-old Erik Ross Creger, of Boone, was driving a 2012 Toyota Corolla.

When he failed to yield the right-of-way, while turning left from westbound Highway 30, to E. Avenue, west of Ogden, his car was struck on its right side in the eastbound lane of Highway 30, by a 2020 Peterbilt straight truck. The driver of the truck, 42-year-old Nathan Allan Phippen, of Coon Rapids, was not injured.

Creger was flown to UnityPoint Methodist Hospital by LifeFlight. A report on his condition was not released. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Ogden Fire and Boone County EMS assisted at the scene.