The Page County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday) issued a report on an accident that took place a little before at around 12-a.m Sunday, on the east side of Clarinda. The accident wasn’t discovered until hours later. The single-vehicle accident happened near the intersection of Highways 2 and 71, when a 2018 Ford Escape driven by 29-year old Paige Jamie Ruthe Stewart, of New Market, turned south from Highway 2 just east of the intersection into a field drive, and continued south through the standing corn field for unknown reasons. Stewart did not stop in the cornfield, but instead continued south through the cornfield. The vehicle went into a deep ditch and struck a tree. Air bags deployed and Stewart suffered minor injuries. According to Stewart, she spent the night in the vehicle and walked back to the road where she made contact with someone who found her and then called for assistance at around 8-a.m., Sunday. Stewart was taken to the Clarinda Regional Hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.

Her SUV sustained an estimated $31,000 damage, and was considered a total loss. Damage to the Cornfield was estimated at $5,000. No charges have been filed at this time.