Officials with the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said they were notified Saturday morning about a vehicle in the ditch about one-mile west of Clarinda, in the 2600 block of 220th Street. Deputies arriving at the scene located a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 in a pasture.  Their investigation determined the vehicle had been traveling west on 220th, when it left the roadway on the south side, traveled down a steep embankment, and crashed through a fence owned by Wendall Woldruff (of rural Clarinda), before the pickup came to rest in the pasture.  The vehicle was owned by  32-year old Cole Curtis Johnson, of College Springs.

During the investigation of the accident, it was determined Johnson driving the pickup  when the accident occurred at around 2:30-a.m., Saturday. Johnson failed to report the incident to the Sheriff’s Office, and was not at the scene of the accident when it was reported.  Deputies cited Johnson for Operating a non-registered vehicle.