SUV Crashes into Powerline Pole, Sending 5 to Hospital

A single-vehicle crash on Friday evening sent five people to the hospital, including one with life-threatening injuries.

The crash at about 9:18 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 on  Hindman Road, about three-quarters of a mile south of County Home Road on the north eastern outskirts of Marion.

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Austin Keilholtz, 24, of Cape Coral, FL, was going north on Hindman Road in a 2005 GMC Yukon and lost control of the vehicle, which had four passengers.  The vehicle left the roadway and went into the east ditch and struck a power line pole, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff's Department.

Linn County Sheriff’s Deputies, Linn County Sheriff’s Rescue, Marion Fire Department, Area Ambulance, and Lifeguard Air Ambulance responded to the crash.

According to the news release, Keilholtz was taken to Mercy Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Troy Cowan, 25 of Van Buren, AR, was flown to University of Iowa Hospital by Lifeguard Air Ambulance with life-threatening injuries. Corey Merritt, 24 of Cape Coral, FL, was transported to University of Iowa Hospital by 
Area Ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.  Harden Kemper, 22 of Damascus, AR, and Ashley Block, 22, of Marion, were both transported to St. Luke's Hospital by Area Ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.