The driver of a 2007 Dodge Caravan was cited for Failure to Yield one-half of the roadway, following an accident at around 5:20-p.m. Saturday, in Union County. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 54-year old Melissa Renee Fils, of Creston, was talking to a passenger in her van, when it crossed the center line of Highway 25, and struck a pickup truck that was pulling a large utility trailer. The collision caused the doors to be torn off the van. Fils was transported to the hospital in Creston for what were said to be minor/non-incapacitating injuries. The driver of the pickup, 54-year old Douglas Dean Lamb, of Diagonal, was not hurt.

Lamb’s 2002 Chevy Silverado pickup sustained $5,000 damage. Damage to the van was $8,000 – a total loss.