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Guthrie County Deputy injured in Tuesday afternoon crash

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February 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A Sheriff’s Deputy from Guthrie County was injured during a crash between a car and a Sheriff’s Department SUV. The Iowa State Patrol reports Deputy Kent Gries, of Guthrie Center, who was wearing his seat belt, suffered minor injuries, and was transported by Guthrie County EMS to the Guthrie County Hospital, following the crash that occurred at around 3-p.m. Tuesday on the northwest side of Bagley.

Authorities say Deputy Gries was traveling east on Highway 141 in a 2015 Chevy Tahoe, when a 2004 Hyundai Elantra traveling south on Quail Road, failed to stop at the intersection. The car struck the SUV on the driver’s side door, causing the SUV to spin and enter a ditch. The car, driven by 20-year old Kylee Sheeder, of Panora, came to rest on the road.

Sheeder, who was not wearing a seat belt, told authorities she had no recollection of failing to obey the stop sign. The incident was captured on the SUV’s dash cam.