March 28, 2024

Single vehicle rollover at Highway 6, driver condition unknown

Emergency crews responded to a single car rollover Thursday night on Highway 6 near Interstate 80 west of Newton.

EMS and law enforcement officials were still attempting to free the driver from the vehicle as of 9:45 p.m.

It is not known how many people were in the vehicle or the condition of the occupant(s). A witness on scene told the Newton Daily News the vehicle was traveling westbound on Highway 6 when he observed the it "barrel roll" into the north ditch. The vehicle came to a rest on its side.

Baxter Police, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and Colfax Fire Department Crews were on scene.

The NDN will update this story as more information becomes available.