3 accidents in Guthrie County, Saturday; 1 accident Sunday
March 27th, 2023 by Ric Hanson
(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent, property damage accidents. At around 2:20-a.m. today (Monday), a 1997 Chevy Lumina driven by 21-year-old Haylee Jo Petersen, of Adair, was traveling east on 330th Street, when Petersen attempted to turn south onto Indigo Avenue. Her vehicle went into the ditch, and out into a field. She tried to get out of the field, but her car became stuck in a small creek in the field. The car sustained $1,501 damage,
At around 8-a.m., Sunday, a 2014 Ford F350 Super Duty pickup driven by 19-year-old Michael Truman Maas, of Adair, was traveling west on 310th Street, when, due to the weather conditions, the vehicle went out of control and into the south ditch before colliding with an embankment. The pickup sustained $15,000 damage. At around 8:05-a.m. Sunday, a 2006 Ford Expedition was traveling north on Wagon Road, when the driver, 18-year-old Avery Sue Hazen, of Stuart, lost control on the snow covered roadway. The SUV went into the north ditch and rolled over before coming to rest on its wheels, in a field. The vehicle sustained $7,500 damage.
And, at around 10:20-a.m., Sunday, a 2019 KIA Soul driven by 40-year-old Jeremy R. Nunes, of Riverton, IL, was traveling south on Highway 25 when it went out of control and into the west ditch. The SUV sustained minor damage to the passenger side front bumper area upon impact with the ditch ($2,500 damage estimate).
There were no injuries and no citations issued following those accidents.