(Guthrie Center, IA) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, today (Monday, 12/15) released reports on seven separate accidents that took place over the past couple of weeks, only one of which resulted in injuries. Authorities say at around 4:55-a.m. Sunday (Dec. 14th), 66-year-old Daniel K. Hutson, of Grandview, MO, complained of pain/possible injury but was not transported to the hospital, after the car he was driving failed to negotiate the curve on Highway 6, east of Casey. The 2017 Mazda left the road as it was eastbound and came to rest after colliding with a tree. A passenger in his vehicle, 47-year-old Suzanne A. Manu, of Independence, MO, was injured and transported by Adair EMS to Mercy West Hospital. Both the driver and passenger were wearing their seat belts. Authorities say the vehicle was a total loss. No citations were issued.

• Guthrie County Sheriff’s officials say at around 8:40-a.m. Saturday, a semi tractor-trailer driven by 31-year-old Chadd A. Pranger, of Ankeny, was sideswiped by an unknown passing vehicle, as the semi was traveling east on Iowa Highway 141. The vehicle sustained an estimated $2,500 (Minor) damage to the step on the driver’s side of the cab.
• An SUV driven by 41-year-old Patricia Lee Schreck, of Guthrie Center, was struck on the passenger side by a deer Dec. 9th, after the animal ran out of a ditch. The vehicle sustained an estimated $5,000 damage. The accident happened at around 5:35-p.m.
• A collision at around 11:10-a.m. on Dec. 9th in Guthrie Center, caused just under $2,000 total damage to vehicles driven by 72-year-old Joaquina Reyes,  and 58-year-old Lisa Lou Leriche Schwandt. Both women are from Guthrie Center. Authorities say the accident happened when Reyes failed to stop at the intersection of Brown and N. 7th  Streets, as she was westbound on Brown in a 2000 Honda Civic. The front bumper of the car made contact with the driver’s side door/front wheel area of Schwandt’s 2021 SUV.  Reyes was cited for Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability – Accident related, and Failure to Obey a Stop Sign/yield the right-of-way.
• On Dec. 8th, a 2014 Ford Explorer driven by 66-year-old Monica Rose Cortez, of Casey, struck a deer as the vehicle was traveling west on White Pole Road. The accident happened at around 7:30-p.m. and caused an estimated $5,000 damage to the SUV.
• On Dec. 6th, a collision between a FedEx box truck and a pickup on Frost Trail, in Guthrie County, caused a sheriff’s department estimated $2,000 damage. Authorities say a 2022 Chevy Express box truck driven by 41-year-old Ezequiel Rosario-Pena, of Huxley, was traveling northeast on Frost Trail at around 2:30-p.m., at the same time a 2010 Ford F-250 pickup driven by 71-year-old Thomas Jesse Crawley, of Guthrie Center, was traveling southwestward. The vehicles apparently met in the middle of the road, causing their respective driver’s side mirrors to strike each other. Both mirrors were destroyed.   A dash cam video from the box truck showed it was completing navigation of the curve in the road, and the pickup was beginning to round the curve. The investigating deputy noted both drivers should have been driving slower, given the snow covered roads and limited visibility from the curve. The video was inconclusive as to which vehicle was more toward the center of the road. No citations were issued.
• And, at around 2-p.m. on Dec. 3rd, a collision at Lincoln and Bell Streets in Yale caused damage amounting to slightly more than $5,000. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says a 2024 Chevy pickup driven by 44-year-old Clinton M. Deardorff, of Yale, was turning left from Bell Street and traveling south on Lincoln Street, when it was struck by a 2000 Bobcat skid steer machine. The accident happened as the Bobcat, operated by 61-year-old Larry Glade, of Guthrie Center, was backing-up as it was moving snow. No citations were issued.