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2 vehicle-vs-deer accidents Wednesday in Guthrie County

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December 7th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Guthrie County say no injuries were reported following two separate collisions involving vehicles and deer. At around 5:15-p.m., a 2023 Chevy pickup driven by 36-year-old Jacob Matthews, of Audubon, struck a deer on Highway 44, west of 215th Street. The impact caused front-end and passenger fender damage to the vehicle. The damage was estimated at $7,500.

And, at around 7:36-p.m. Wednesday, a 2017 KIA passenger van driven by 28-year-old Aubre Sloan, of Philmath, OR, struck a deer on Highway 25 in Guthrie County, between 190th and Nice Avenue. The vehicle sustained about $6,000 damage.