(Arispe, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident southeast of Arispe, Sunday evening, resulted in possible/unknown injuries to the driver of a 2018 Dodge Charger. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Levi Joshua Henry, of Ellston, was traveling east on 270th Street at around 7:16-p.m., when a deer came out of the north ditch and entered the roadway.

Henry attempted to swerve for the deer, causing the car to enter the north ditch. While in the ditch, Henry said his foot apparently got stuck on the gas pedal. The car exited the ditch and went across Redwood Avenue and into the east ditch, where it hit a utility pole and a barbed wire fence. The pole sustained no significant damage, but damage to the fence – owned by David Cheers, of Afton, was estimated at $250.

When it struck the pole and fence, the Charger’s airbags deployed. Henry complained of pain in his ankle/foot. He was checked out by medics but not transported to the hospital. Damage to the car was estimated at $12,000. It was a total loss.