SUV vs. Deer in Union County
November 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Creston, Iowa) – An accident Friday night in the Creston City limits caused $2,000 damage to a 2020 Ford Explorer SUV, but no one was injured. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the SUV, driven by 31-year-old Mark Donald Cooley, of Mount Ayr, was heading south on Highway 25, when a deer came out of the west ditch and struck a vehicle heading north, causing the animal to go back into the southbound lane, where it was struck by the SUV. The vehicle sustained damage to its fender and radiator, but it was able to be driven away, while leaking fluid.
The accident happened at around 6:53-p.m., Friday.