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Trailer strikes a van in Creston – no injuries reported

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December 1st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Creston,Iowa) – An accident Thursday afternoon, in Creston, caused $3,000 damage to a van, but no one was injured. Creston Police report a 2022 Dodge RAM pickup driven by 40-year-old Luis Miguel Huerta-Fernandez, of Hobbs, New Mexico,was pulling a trailer and traveling south on Cherry Street in Creston at around 4:05-p.m., Thursday, when a 2019 Chrysler Pacific van driven by 81-year-old Nellie Lou Loury, of Creston, began to back out of her driveway.

Huerta honked the horn to get Loury’s attention, and swerved out of the way, but when he came back into the correct lane, his trailer hit the van on the left front fender. The trailer wasn’t damaged. No citations were issued, but the Police report noted Loury failed to yield the right-of-way while exiting her driveway.