The Page County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday evening released information about a single-vehicle accident which occurred Monday night about 2.5-miles north of Yorktown. Authorities say 56-year old Michael Dean Ohnmacht, of Essex, suffered incapacitating injuries and was transported to the Clarinda Regional Medical Center by Clarinda EMS, after the 1994 Ford Ranger he was driving struck a bridge railing before rolling over and landing on its top on the bank of East Tarkio Creek. The pickup then went end-over-end airborne and landed on the frozen creekbed. Ohnmacht spent the night in his vehicle waiting for help to find him, and climbed out Tuesday morning before making his way to the road and flagging down help.

The accident happened as Ohnmacht was traveling west on 190th Street just west of L Avenue, at around 8:30-p.m. Monday. Officials say he had swerved to avoid a deer that ran out onto the roadway in front of his vehicle. The pickup was totaled in the crash, which also caused $250 damage to the Page County bridge sign. No citations were issued.