BOTH DRIVERS WERE INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN BUENA VISTA COUNTY.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS AN S-U-V DRIVEN BY 19-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH DAX WAS NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 71 WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY AND COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING SEMI TRAILER TRUCK DRIVEN BY 27-YEAR-OLD HUNTER COATNEY OF PIERRE CITY, MISSOURI.
DAX, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A SPENCER HOSPITAL.
COATNEY WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN STORM LAKE.
THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
