(Atlantic, Iowa) – A man from Nebraska was injured during a chain-reaction crash involving his motorcycle and three other vehicles Thursday afternoon, north of Atlantic. The Iowa State Patrol says the vehicles: a 2014 Honda CTX-130, operated by 60-year-old Anthony Haynes, Sr., of Omaha; a 2024 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by 53-year-old William Smith, of Vernona, NY, and a 2021 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 30-year-old Jacob Swoboda, of Gretna, NE, were all traveling east on Interstate 80 near Exit 57 (Cass County Road N-16/Olive Street/620th St.) at around 3:25-p.m.

When a pilot car for an oversized load pulled into the traffic lanes, a 2021 BMW X-1 driven by 23-year-old Carly Boss, of Clive, slowed and pulled over to the left shoulder, as the vehicle ahead of the BMW was doing the same thing. When the BMW slowed to a stop, it was struck by the motorcycle.

The motorcycle was then hit by the Chevy pickup truck, which was hit by the Dodge pickup truck. The Patrol says Anthony Haynes, Sr., was transported by Cass EMS to Cass Health in Atlantic, before being flown by LifeFlight helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha. A report on his condition was not released.

Atlantic Fire and Rescue, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Cass EMS assisted at the scene.