A single-vehicle crash on Highway 27 in Lee County sent five people to the hospital Saturday morning.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash occurred around 9:05 a.m. on October 26, 2025, near mile marker 9 on the northbound side of Iowa 27.
A 2010 Chrysler Sebring driven by 29-year-old Amanda M. Hufnagle of Union Grove, Alabama, was traveling north when the vehicle drifted onto the left shoulder. Hufnagle overcorrected, causing the vehicle to slide across the northbound lanes before entering the east ditch, where it overturned and came to rest on its wheels facing southeast.
Five occupants, including Hufnagle and four passengers — 32-year-old Nathan T. Oden and three juveniles aged 11, 5, and 3, all from Union Grove, Alabama — were transported by Fort Madison Ambulance to Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Fort Madison Campus with injuries.
The report noted that one of the juvenile passengers was ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
The Iowa State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and 911 Communications, Donnellson Fire and Rescue, Fort Madison Ambulance, and Lee County Hospital personnel. The crash remains under investigation.