***Updated at 3:40 p.m. Thursday
Thursday afternoon, several area agencies responded to the report of a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highway 65 and 210th Street, east of Chapin.
Franklin County Sheriff Aaron Dodd tells RadioOnTheGo News a Jeep, with two occupants, was traveling southbound on Highway 65 and struck a Polaris UTV, which had one occupant and was also traveling southbound. The Polaris UTV stopped on the shoulder and then turned left toward 210th Street. A collision occurred as the UTV turned into the path of the Jeep. When first responders arrived, both vehicles were engulfed in flames and had to be put out by area fire departments. The vehicles are considered to be a total loss.
All occupants were able to escape their vehicles. Dodd says the driver of the UTV suffered injuries to their head and received burns and was later airlifted by MercyOne Air Med to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City for treatment. The names of those involved are being withheld at this time.
Assisting at the scene were the fire departments from Hampton and Sheffield, FGH Ambulance, Sheffield Paramedics, Franklin County Emergency Management, E&E Repair and the Hampton Police Department.
Click here for updated story as of 11:22 a.m. Friday: https://www.radioonthego.com/2025/08/08/one-injured-in-fiery-crash-near-chapin-identified/
Original story;
Thursday afternoon, several area agencies responded to the report of a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highway 65 and 210th Street, east of Chapin.
Franklin County Sheriff Aaron Dodd tells RadioOnTheGo News a Jeep collided with a Polaris ATV and when first responders arrived, both vehicles were engulfed in flames and had to be put out by area fire departments. The vehicles are considered to be a total loss.
Dodd says one person was airlifted by MercyOne Air Med to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City for treatment. The names of those involved are being withheld at this time.
Assisting at the scene were the fire departments from Hampton and Sheffield, FGH Ambulance, Sheffield EMS, Franklin County Emergency Management and the Hampton Police Department.
Photo courtesy of Franklin County Sheriff Aaron Dodd
