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Teen cited following a collision in Creston

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October 31st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – No injuries were reported following a collision Sunday evening, in Creston. Authorities say the accident happened at around 5:40-p.m. on Elm Street Sunday, when a 2012 Chevy Traverse driven by 16-year-old Sidney Kay Vasquez, of Ames, stopped at the intersection with Howard Street, but then proceeded into the intersection, into the path of a 2015 Chevy passenger vehicle, driven by 31-year-old John Berg, of Creston. Berg had the right-of-way, and no traffic control device. Police cited Vasquez for Driving While Suspended.Damage to the vehicles amounted to $4,500 altogether.

Creston Police said also, a 2015 Chevy pickup driven by 63-year-old Robert Dale Hepp, of Cromwell, sustained $5,000 damage Sunday morning, when a deer came out of the north and struck the side of the vehicle. The accident happened at around 7-a.m. Sunday, as Hepp was traveling east on Highway 34, near S. Lincoln Street. Hepp wasn’t hurt.