The driver of a semi-tractor trailer was injured shortly before 4 p.m. Friday when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway and entered the ditch on 330th Street just west of U.S. Highway 169 in Boone County.
Dallas County EMS responded to the incident. The truck driver, who sustained head injuries, was treated at the scene and later transported to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.
The cause of the mishap is unknown at this hour. The vehicle appeared to be hauling grain and was traveling east on 330th Street between G Avenue and U.S. Highway 169 when it left the roadway and rolled into the south ditch.
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