(Hull)– An Ireton man was seriously injured early Saturday after falling out of the window of a moving bus.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were notified around 1:14 am after getting a 9-1-1 report of a person who fell out of a window of a moving bus on Highway 18, two and one-half miles west of Hull, IA.
Authorities say 67-year-old James McDonald of Ocheydan was driving a party bus eastbound on Highway 18 when passengers alerted McDonald that a passenger on the bus, 21-year-old Levi Koopmans of Ireton, had leaned against an unlatched window, fell through it and struck the roadway; the bus was reportedly traveling at approximately 50 MPH at the time of the accident.
Koopmans was transported by Hull Ambulance to Sioux Center Hospital; he was later flown to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD, for treatment of serious injuries.
