BOTH DRIVERS WERE INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING A TWO VEHCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING ON INTERSTATE 29 IN MONONA COUNTY.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 7:30 A,M. WHEN A SOUTHBOUND SEMI STRUCK THE REAR OF A DODGE DAKOTA BEING PULLED BY A NISSAN PICKUP.
THE DRIVER OF THE NISSAN, 49-YEAR-OLD JUAN CARDENAS CHAVEZ OF DENISON, AND THE SEMI DRIVER, 64-YEAR-OLD THEODORE ARMSTRONG OF BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA, WERE BOTH TRANSPORTED TO BURGESS HEALTH CENTER IN ONAWA.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT MILE MARKER 117 NEAR ONAWA.
