Calamus-Wheatland Student Injured at Bus Stop

A Calamus-Wheatland elementary student was injured after a vehicle hit the student at a school bus stop.

On Monday at 7:50 a.m., Clinton County Communications received a call approximately two miles west of Calamus, about a pedestrian who had been hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Highway 30 and 158th Ave., according to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office. 

 A preliminary investigation showed that a school bus from Calamus-Wheatland Schools stopped Eastbound on Highway 30 to pick up a student. A car headed westbound then hit a child in the westbound lane of the highway. The student  was then airlifted to the University of Iowa.

Clinton County deputies were assisted by Wheatland Ambulance, Calamus Fire, Genesis Ambulance, Iowa State Patrol, and MedForce. The crash is currently under investigation by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office.