Iowa State Patrol responded to reports of a two-truck collision in Henry County Wednesday. 

The incident occurred at approximately 4:41 p.m. on U.S. Highway 218. Fifty-three year-old Miguel Tellez Benitez of Grand Island, Nebraska was traveling southbound in a freightliner truck with a trailer when he merged into the inside lane to conduct a u-turn in the crossover. Fifty-two year-old Steven Walton of St. Peters, Missouri was approaching Benitez from behind in a Ford 450 with a trailer attached when the freightliner merged into the inside lane. Walton collided with the trailer of Benitez and both came to a stop in the crossover and southbound lanes. Both Walton and the passenger in his truck sustained injuries and were transported to Great River Medical Hospital by Henry County Ambulance. Benitez was cited for an improper turn.