Dixon, IA : Three people injured in a motor vehicle accident in rural Scott County on Monday, May 2, 2016

Three people were transported to hospitals from the scene of a motor vehicle accident Monday in rural Scott County.

First responders from several area agencies were called shortly before 3 p.m. to the intersection of 60th Avenue and 295th Street, where a collision sent one vehicle into a ditch, according to a news release issued by the Scott County Sheriff's Office.

Joseph Staner of Cascade, who was traveling east on 295th Street in a Ford F-250, failed to yield at the intersection and struck a Ford Escort that was traveling south on 60th Avenue from Dixon, the release stated.

Michael Lafrentz, 26, the driver of the Ford Escort, and two other occupants were able to get out of the vehicle, but Dixon's volunteer fire department had to extricate a fourth passenger who was trapped.

Two of the occupants were transported to Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street, Davenport, for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Medforce airlifted the trapped passenger to University Hospitals, Iowa City, where she also was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release.

The Ford Escort's occupants, all of Wheatland, included Danika Schnede, 18, Katelyn Paul, 17, and Joshua Wenger, 19.

Following the on-scene investigation, authorities cited Staner, the 79-year-old driver of the Ford F-250, for failing to yield at the intersection.

Iowa State Patrol, Walcott Police Department, Medic Emergency Medical Services, Bennet Ambulance Services and Wheatland Ambulance also responded to the scene.

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One victim airlifted from rural Scott County accident