The Iowa State Patrol says a Trooper was critically injured and airlifted to the hospital after following a crash while he was responding to a call on Thursday night.
Trooper Ted Benda was assisting the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office when he was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 51 about six miles north of Postville around 11:30.
The Patrol says Benda was airlifted to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin where he remains in critical condition.