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Inattentive driving causes an accident in Creston (delayed report)

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September 8th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department today (Sunday) said an accident on August 29th caused a total of $5,200 damage, but no one was injured. Authorities say a 2010 Chevy Equinox driven by 54-year-old Jason Glenn Beard, of Creston, was traveling on Fremont Street at around 8:15-a.m., when Beard attempted to put something in his back pocket and became “lost in thought.

Beard’s SUV struck a large utility trailer attached to a legally parked 1999 Ford F-350 Super Cab pickup truck. No citations were issued.