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Union County Sheriff’s report: 1 accident, 1 arrest

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February 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was arrested and another was injured during an accident Wednesday, under separate circumstances. 36-year old Mark Thomas Gladson, of Macksburg, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $100 bond. And, 48-year old Douglas James Sobotka, of Diagonal, suffered possible/unknown injuries during an accident that took place at around 12:25-p.m., Wednesday.

Authorities say Sobotka was driving a 2006 Jeep Liberty Renegade northbound on High and Dry Road, when his SUV went out of control on the slippery road. The Jeep entered the west ditch and a driveway, where it struck a parked Plowman’s Farms 2008 Jeep Patriot in the rear, and a parked Diagonal Schools 2000 International Bluebird School Bus on the passenger side. Sobotka was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Creston. Damage from the collisions amounted to $13,000.