(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Guthrie County today (Wednesday) released reports with regard to four accidents that occurred last week (11/27-12/2).

On Dec. 2nd at around 9:28-a.m., a 2019 Chevy Equinox SUV driven by 71-year-old David Gene Clawson,of Panora, was northbound on Highway 4. Clawson told authorities a southbound pickup truck crossed the center line of the road into his lane. Clawson avoided a head-on collision, by driving into the east ditch. His SUV sustained $5,000 damage. A passenger  in his vehicle, 65-year-old Nancy Rae Clawson, of Panora, was uninjured. David Clawson reported pain and possible injury, but was not transported to the hospital.

On Dec. 1st at around 10-p.m, a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 54-year-old Patrick James Connor, of Austin, MN, was traveling west on 200th Street near the Lake Panorama National Golf Course, when the SUV went through the T intersection with Sage Trail. The vehicle entered the ditch before going airborne. Once it landed, the SUV ran over a small boulder and rock garden before striking a tree stump and coming to rest a short distance away. No injuries were reported. The Jeep sustained $15,000 damage. Property owned by the golf course sustained $500 damage.

On Nov. 29th at around Noon, a 2014 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by 69-year-old Delmar Morris Frisbie, of Adair, was reported to have been broken down on Justice Road. When a deputy arrived, he discovered the pickup and a Disk Ripper it was towing. The wheel/axle of the M&W Earthmaster ripper had began to dig into the roadway surface, causing about $10,000 damage to Highway  44. Frisbie’s pickup sustained $3,000 damage.

And, at around 6:10-p.m. on November 27th, a 2017 Ford Explorer driven by 72-year-old Kenneth Alan Bahrke, of Panora, was eastbound on Highway 44, when the SUV collided with a deer that was on the road. The vehicle sustained $2,500 damage. Bahrke wasn’t hurt.