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One person was injured in a two-vehicle wreck that occurred north of Kalona Saturday.

According to Iowa State Patrol, at about 3:35 p.m. 60-year-old Kevin Dwight Hofer of Kalona was driving a Hyundai Sonata north on Highway 1 waiting to turn west onto 540th Street. Fifty-nine year-old Erick Kristofer Rasmussen of Wellman was driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck southbound on Highway 1 when he passed a stationary vehicle on the shoulder and struck Hofer’s vehicle as he was turning. Rasmussen was transported by Johnson County Ambulance Service to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for treatment of serious injuries. Hofer’s vehicle was considered totaled and Rasmussen’s vehicle suffered $8,000 worth of damage. Rasmussen was cited for improper overtaking on the right. Kalona Fire and QRS, Washington County Ambulance Service, and Washington County Sheriff’s Office also assisted at the scene.