(Sidney, Iowa) – Last Saturday’s snow storm in southwest Iowa kept sheriff’s offices and other law enforcement agencies very busy. Fremont County was no exception. The Sheriff’s Office reports they took multiple accidents reports between 12:30- and 10-p.m.:

At 12:31-p.m., Saturday, deputies in Fremont County responded to a single-vehicle accident on southbound I-29, near the 9-mile marker. 29-year-old Mason James Buress, of Cedar Creek, Nebraska, was operating a 2005 GMC Envoy, when the SUV left the road and struck a tree. Buress was transported to a local hospital for treatment of unknown injuries. The vehicle was a total loss. Sidney, Hamburg, and Percival Fire and Rescues responded to the call. Seatbelts were in use during the accident.

A little after 1-p.m., Saturday, deputies in Fremont County responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident near the Missouri State Line, on Interstate 29. Authorities say 20-year-old William D. Evans, of Adams, Tennessee, was operating a 2004 GMC Sierra when he lost control. The pickup left the roadway, struck a fence, and overturned. Evans was uninjured. Seatbelts were in use during the accident.

And, at around 3:52-p.m., Saturday, Deputies received a call of a single-vehicle accident in the 2400 block of 160th Street, east of Thurman. 46-year-old David Hanser, of Murray, Nebraska, was operating a 2020 Ford Transit Van westbound on 160th Street. When he failed to negotiate the curve, the vehicle left the roadway to the left, entered a ravine and struck several trees. Three passengers in the vehicle, a 19-year-old male, a 28-year-old male, and a 20-year-old male were able to exit the vehicle and were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries. Hanser had to be extricated from the vehicle using the jaws of life. He was transported to a Trauma Center in Omaha where he was later pronounced deceased.

The accident is still under investigation by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Weather and road conditions were a factor in the accident. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Tabor Fire and Rescue, Sidney Fire and Rescue, and Thurman Fire.