(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston, today (Wednesday) cited a man for Reckless Driving, following an investigation into a property damage accident that occurred a little after 1-p.m. Wednesday. Authorities say 18-year-old Marcus Eugene Carney, of Creston, was driving a 1999 Toyota Avalon westbound on the Spillway Road, and traveling approximately 50-mph in a 15 mph zone.

The vehicle went out of control on a slight curve in the road just before the campground, and began to fishtail. The car left the road and entered the campground, where it struck a legally parked, and unoccupied 2016 JayFlight camper. The vehicle then struck a water hydrant in the campground, causing it to bend.

Carney was not injured. Damage to the car, camper and City of Creston hydrant, amounted to $8,200 altogether.