Onawa, Iowa — The Iowa DOT is urging drivers to slow down and pay attention to what’s ahead after a DOT vehicle was heavily damaged Tuesday in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa.
According to a spokesperson for the Iowa DOT, a motor enforcement officer was inside his vehicle, providing traffic control at a crash south of Onawa, in the southbound lanes of I-29, when a semi hit his SUV from behind.
The officer inside the SUV was injured, taken to a hospital and has been released.
The DOT says investigators do not know yet if the winter weather conditions at the time of the crash played a role in the accident, but the agency is urging drivers to slow down and focus on the task of driving, especially when conditions are less than perfect.
