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Motorcycle test drive goes wrong, Friday

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September 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A motorcycle test drive Friday afternoon didn’t go as planned. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year old Edward Dole, of Omaha, was test driving a 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle at the Loess Hills Harley Davidson dealership, when he struck a metal barrier on the property as he was about to enter 190th Street. The cycle fell over onto Dole, causing minor injuries that did not require transport to the hospital.

An accident at around 7:10-p.m. on August 31st, however resulted in one person transported to Mercy Hospital by Glenwood Rescue. Authorities say 21-year old Shannon Perkins, of Red Oak, was injured in a collision between a 2015 Chevy and the 1996 Jeep she was a passenger in.

Officials say the Chevy, driven by 60-year old Kenneth Morris, of Norman, AR., was westbound on Highway 34 after exiting I-29 southbound. The vehicle continued in the outside (North lane). The 20-year old driver of the Jeep moved his vehicle to the inside lane in an attempt to allow the Chevy to enter the highway. When Morris began to make a left turn onto 188th Street to turn around and go eastbound on Highway 34, he didn’t see the approaching Jeep. The Jeep collided with the Chevy as the Chevy crossed into the lane occupied by the Jeep.

Morris was cited for making an Unsafe Turn.