(Monroe County, Iowa) – A pedestrian crossing a road in southern Iowa Monday evening was struck and injured by a pickup truck. The Iowa State Patrol reports the pickup, driven by 57-year-old Andrew Alan Hackett, of Albia, was eastbound on 3rd Avenue west in Albia, when the vehicle struck a pedestrian on the west side of the intersection with Highway 5. The pedestrian was traversing across the eastbound lane of 3rd Avenue west, when they were struck. The accident happened at around 5:10-p.m.

Hackett, and 67-year-old Sue E. Henderson, of Albia, were injured in the collision. Hackett refused transport to the hospital. Henderson was transported by Monroe County Ambulance to Methodist Hospital.

The collision remains under investigation.