By Associated Press - Saturday, May 23, 2015

ALTA VISTA, Iowa (AP) - An 84-year-old man has suffered critical injuries after the golf cart he was riding collided with a van near his driveway.

The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/1AqAMQJ ) that the crash happened Thursday evening.

Marvel Erion, of Alta Vista, was flown to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after first being treated at Mercy Medical Center in New Hampton.



Chickasaw County sheriff’s deputies say Erion was pulling out of his driveway when his cart collided with the van driven by a 40-year-old Minnesota resident.

The five people in the van were not hurt.

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Information from: Globe Gazette, https://www.globegazette.com/

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