(Creston, Iowa) – A pickup truck struck a legally parked trailer and pickup truck in Creston, Monday morning, causing a police estimated total of $8,500 damage. According to the Creston Police Department, a 2001 Chevy Silverado pickup with a foggy windshield, driven by 17-year-old Teagen Miller, of Creston, was traveling north in the 200 block of S. Lincoln Street at around 7:40-a.m., Monday, when the vehicle struck a parked 2008 Dalton trailer. The Chevy then hit a parked 2020 Ford F-150 pickup. The impact pushed the Ford about one-vehicle length and slightly into a yard.

The trailer sustained heavy fender damage, had a snapped-off axle, and trailer tongue/hitch that was severally bent. The Ford pickup sustained severe rear-end and passenger side damage. The Chevy sustained severe damage to the front passenger side. Creston Police say there were no injuries and no citations issued, but their report noted the teen was operating the pickup “In a reckless, erratic, careless, negligent manner,” and that his vision was obstructed.