(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Guthrie County say suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries were reported following a single-vehicle, rollover accident that took place Saturday morning. Authorities said a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 59-year-old Erich Palait, of Scranton, was traveling south on Justice Road at around 8:30-a.m., Saturday, when the vehicle went out of control just south of 160th Street. The pickup went off the road onto the west shoulder and out-of-control, before coming back onto the roadway. The pickup then entered the east ditch and rolled over, striking a Guthrie Center REC-owned power pole, snapping the pole in-two.

The pickup was a total loss (estimated damage $9,500). The power pole was valued at $5,000. Guthrie County Deputies cited Palait for Failure to Maintain Control.