Three-vehicle crash injures two in SE Iowa
MAHASKA COUNTY, Iowa — Two people were injured following a three-vehicle crash in southeast Iowa.
The crash happened just before 12:30 p.m. Monday in Mahaska County.
It happened on Highway 63 and Lynndale Road.
According to the Iowa State Highway Patrol, a truck driven by John Grahek, 54, of Oskaloosa, was in the northbound lane of Highway 63 waiting to turn west onto Lynndale Road when a tractor track hit Grahek's truck from behind at a high rate of speed.
The impact caused Grahek's truck to enter the southbound lane of Highway 63 where he then struck a semi.
Grahek was injured.
The driver of the semi, Mitch Huffman, 26, of Council Bluffs, was also injured.
Both were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The driver that rear-ended Grahek, Tony Raske, 45, of Alden, Iowa, was not injured in the crash.
