Several people were injured following a head-on collision near Jefferson Monday.

According to the Jefferson Police Department, officers, along with the Greene County Sheriff’s office, the Jefferson Fire Department and Greene County Ambulance responded to the wreck around 10:36am on Highway 30 and ¼-mile west of Grimmell Road. A 2017 Chevrolet Impala, driven by 40-year-old Sharon Bieret of Wall Lake, was traveling east on the highway. A 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, driven by 69-year-old Boleslaw Bobolinski of West Des Moines, was heading west on the highway, and tried to pass a westbound semi-tractor and trailer. Bobolinski went into the eastbound lanes to pass the semi and collided head-on with the Impala. Both vehicles entered the north ditch.

Bieret and three passengers, including an infant, along with Bobolinski, were taken to Greene County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries at the scene. All occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. Both vehicles were a total loss. Bobolinski was cited for unsafe passing.