4 injured after driver steers around barricades near Lake Park, IA

LAKE PARK, Iowa (KUOO) - The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office said a crash injured four people on Highway 9.

Authorities said the crash happened on Thursday, Sept. 4, while 64-year-old Sara Hernandez of Worthington, Minnesota, was driving westbound on Highway 9. She went off the paved roadway through a gap in the concrete construction and then hit another section of concrete.

The vehicle reportedly rolled and came to a rest on the driver’s side. Hernandez and three passengers had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Lake Park Fire Department. All sustained minor injuries but declined transport to the hospital.

Hernandez was cited for failure to maintain control and failure to obey a traffic control device for driving around road closed signs.

Authorities told KUOO Radio this is another incident of people continuing to drive around barricades on Highway 9, which remains closed from the Highway 86 intersection to the Osceola County line.

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