THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN ACCIDENT ON COUNTY ROAD B-40 ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF SIOUX CENTER ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THAT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 24 YEAR OLD JORGE BARTOLON OF SIOUX CENTER WAS EASTBOUND AND LOST CONTROL ON THE ICY ROAD. HIS VEHICLE WENT ONTO THE SOUTH SHOULDER, AND THEN CROSSED BACK OVER THE CENTER LINE, AND SLID BROADSIDE IN FRONT OF A WESTBOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 28 YEAR OLD RACHEL VANDERAA OF HOSPERS. THE VANDERAA VEHICLE STRUCK THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY BARTOLON IN THE WESTBOUND LANE. THREE PASSENGERS IN BARTOLON’S VEHICLE HAD TO BE EXTRACTED AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS OR INCAPACITATING INJURIES. 17 YEAR OLD MARTIN LOPEZ OF SIOUX CENTER, 30 YEAR OLD ANDRES RAMIREZ OF SIOUX CENTER, AND 20 YEAR OLD ANGEL BONIFACIO OF SIOUX CENTER. LOPEZ WAS TRANSFERED BY MERCY AIR TO McKENNON HOSPITAL IN SIOUX FALLS. BARTOLON WAS CITED FOR NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE, FAIL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FINANCIAL LIABILITY.