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Shenandoah man hurt in rollover accident

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November 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A young man from Shenandoah was injured during a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon about two-miles east of Shenandoah. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports 18-year-old Collin James Johnson became trapped in his vehicle and was extricated before being transported by the Shenandoah Ambulance to the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. The accident happened at around 4-p.m., near the intersection of C Avenue and 190th.

An investigation determined Johnson was driving a 2004 Chevy pickup eastbound on 190th, just east of the intersection of C Avenue, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle dropped off the south side of the traveled portion of the roadway. Johnson over corrected while trying to bring the pickup back on the traveled portion of the road, causing the vehicle to cross the westbound lane and dropped off the north side of the traveled portion of the roadway.

Johnson over-corrected the vehicle again, trying to bring it back on the traveled portion of the roadway. The pickup then crossed both lanes of the road and entered the east ditch, where it overturned and damaged a fences owned by Carl Boylan, of rural Shenandoah.

Damage to Johnson’s vehicle is estimated at $7,000.Damage to Boylan’s fence is estimated at $200. The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Shenandoah Ambulance Service, the Shenandoah Fire Department, and the Page County Emergency Management Director.

No citations have been issued.