Matthew J. Blinks, 21, Lisbon, was injured in a crash at the Jackson County Fairgrounds July 28 at 9:03 p.m. Blinks was LifeFlighted to University of Iowa Hospital for his injuries in the crash.

According to Iowa State Patrol Officer Runge with Post 12, Blinks was participating in a stunt at the fairgrounds where he attempted to jump a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado through a camper at the Maquoketa Speedway. Blinks collided with the camper and lost consciousness. The Silverado continued off the track and then across Hwy. 62 and came to rest after striking a residential shed.

Blinks was using a seatbelt in the crash.

According to reporting by KCRG TV9, Blinks narrowly missed colliding with a vehicle on Highway 62 driven by Janie Fitzpatrick, passing just in front of her.

“I just saw some kind of flash across the road,” Fitzpatrick said. “It was just so fast you really couldn’t make out what it was. I glanced to the left and noticed the fence had been taken out, to the right of me he crashed into the shed.”

Fitzpatrick said the call was so close to being worse because she had to stop at a stoplight.

“It was just nerve racking, definitely puts a scare into you,” Fitzpatrick said. “And it’s just like the matter of 30 seconds, me stopping at a stoplight. That 30 seconds could have ended our lives, you know, so close.”

Iowa State Patrol was assisted by Maquoketa Police, Maquoketa Fire and Maquoketa EMS. Iowa State Patrol is still investigating the crash.