Spirit Lake, IA (KICD) — The Dickinson County Sheriff’s department says a Milford man was transported to the hospital in Spirit Lake with non-incapacitating injuries after he struck an oncoming semi Tuesday afternoon.

64 year old Watler Frank was southbound on highway 86 near the state line when he swerved across the center line and struck the front tire of an oncoming semi. Frank wound up in the west ditch, the semi went into the ditch and stopped in a field, but the driver – 50 year old Samel Deppa of Kansas – was not hurt.

The Iowa State Patrol; Spirit Lake, Milford, and Arnolds Park police departments; Iowa DNR; Spirit Lake First Responders and Lakes Regional Ambulance all assisted at the scene. At first it appeared that the extrication unit would be needed to free Frank from the car, but it proved unnecessary.

The accident occurred around 1pm.