(Creston, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports two separate accidents occurred over the past couple of days, with one resulting in minor injuries. Authorities say at around 6:30-a.m., Sunday, a 2005 Chevy Impala driven by 26-year-old Sabastian W. Peterson, of Creston, was traveling west on Highway 34, when it came into contact with and struck, an animal. The car sustained functional damage amount to $2,000. Peterson drove himself to the Greater Regional Hospital in Creston, for treatment of head and neck pain.

The other accident in Union County happened at around 3:45-p.m. Friday, as 16-year-old Jesse Dean Miller, of Creston, was driving a 2000 Ford F-250 pickup eastbound on a narrow dirt road (Adair-Union Street) , when he met a semi tractor-trailer. Miller drove into a ditch to avoid hitting the semi. The sheriff’s report noted there were no signs of the semi, and that the pickup had just recently been purchased.

The vehicle sustained $2,500 damage. Miller was not hurt. No citations were issued.