(Neola, Iowa) – A man from Minnesota man suffered serious injuries during a single-vehicle crash Monday morning on westbound Interstate 80 near Neola. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 63-year-old Michael Knutti, of Ely, MN, was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger, when the pickup went out of control and struck a guardrail before coming to rest in the median. The accident happened at around 7:15-am., at around mile marker 28.

The accident was one of several that occurred in western Iowa due to wet roads that quickly changed to a sheet of ice as temperatures suddenly dropped from around freezing to just below freezing.

Knuutti was flown by helicopter Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha. The crash partially blocked the inside line until emergency crews cleared the scene.