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Creston woman injured in rollover accident, Wednesday

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April 28th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – A single-vehicle, rollover accident occurred in Union County, Wednesday morning. The Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year-old Jazmine Kimberly Louise Stoe, of Creston, was driving a 2007 Ford Escape SUV eastbound on 140th Street at around 9:10-a.m. She admitted to authorities that she was driving too fast. The SUV went out of control as it was rounding a curve, and struck a guardrail for the bridge that crosses the Green Valley Lake Spillway.

The SUV rolled over and dropped 20-feet into the bottom of the spillway. Stoe complained of ankle pain and was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Creston. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $10,000, and the Union County Secondary Roads Dept. Guardrail sustained $2,000 damage. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Creston Fire Dept., Union County Emergency Management, Iowa DNR, and two wrecker services.