(Creston, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports two accidents occurred over the past three days. At around 3:20-p.m. Friday, a 2007 Honda Fit driven by 37-year-old Daniel Buck Busenbarrick, of Creston, was traveling on Highway 34 east, when the vehicle went off the road on a curve and onto the shoulder. Busenbarrick over-corrected, sending the vehicle across the highway and into the west ditch, where it rolled at least once before coming to rest on its wheels. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,500. Busenbarrick was transported to his residence by a Union County Sheriff’s Deputy. No citations were issued.

And, at around 5:50-p.m. Saturday, a 1989 Ford Ranger pickup driven by 75-year-old Dennis Eugene Loury, of Afton, was traveling in reverse out of a parking lot near Division and North Streets in Arispe. His vehicle crossed into northbound traffic and struck an unoccupied 2019 Dodge RAM pickup legally parked on the east side of Division Street. The parked pickup was registered to a woman from Mount Ayr. No injuries were reported. The sheriff’s report said Loury stated he had accelerated too rapidly and was unable to brake in-time.

The Ranger sustained $100 damage. The Dodge pickup sustained $2,500 damage. No citations were issued, but authorities note improper braking, and Loury’s “Inability to effectively operate a motor vehicle (possibly due to his age).”