A DAKOTA DUNES MAN WAS INJURED FRIDAY EVENING IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS 62-YEAR-OLD JAMES COOMBES OF DAKOTA DUNES WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE OF INTERSTATE 35 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY WHEN HIS BUICK STRUCK A DEER.
COOMBES PULLED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS REAR ENDED BY A CAR DRIVEN BY 26-YEAR-OLD JACOB HERNANDEZ OF MANKATO, MINNESOTA.
COOMBES VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN THE MEDIAN.
HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES.
HERNANDEZ AND A 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALES PASSENGER WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITALS WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
