(Anita, Iowa) – Rescue crews and firefighters from Anita were dispatched to an injury accident early this (Friday) morning, on Interstate 80 westbound in Cass County. The accident happened at around 2:15-a.m. near the 66.5-mile marker, where an SUV was in the ditch. According to reports from the scene, a 34-year old man from Nebraska suffered facial and unknown, other possible injuries when the vehicle he was driving went into the ditch.

He was extricated from the vehicle and transported by Cass EMS to Cass Health in Atlantic. There was no immediate word on his condition. The accident remained under investigation. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol were investigating the crash.