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2 hurt in Union County rollover accident, Saturday

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December 7th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The driver of a 2014 KIA Sportage and her passenger were injured during a rollover accident early Saturday morning, in Union County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year old Jessica Paige Kelley, of Afton, was traveling south on Owl Avenue at around 1:53-a.m., when a deer came out of the left side ditch. When Kelley swerved to avoid striking the animal, she lost control of the car. The vehicle went off the road and into the ditch, where it knocked down a barbed wire fence, rolled and came to rest on its top. All the airbags deployed during the crash.

Kelley and her passenger, 19-year old Taylor Miller, of Afton, were transported by EMS ambulance to the hospital in Creston, for treatment of unknown, possible injuries. The car sustained $8,000 damage, and was declared a total loss.