(Chickasaw County, Iowa) – A vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed Sunday afternoon in northeastern Iowa, went out of control and rolled over, causing three occupants to be injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Nissan Armada SUV driven by 29-year-old Emmanuel Rivera-Castro, of New Hampton, sheared-off a power line pole and came to rest in a field off of Highway 18, about one-half mile west of Bassett. The crash happened at around 3:17-p.m., Sunday.

Rivera-Castro, and his passengers, 27-year-old Paloma Jaimes Ortiz, of New Hampton, and 41-year-old Eliazar Morales, of Charles City, were injured. Rivera-Castro was flown from the scene by helicopter to MercyOne North Iowa. Ortiz and Morales were transported by ambulance to the Floyd County Memorial Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted by the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, Ionia Fire Dept., Chickasaw rescue Squad, New Hampton Ambulance, AMR Ambulance, and Mercy Air.