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Guthrie County Sheriff’s report (10/12) – Anita man suffers minor injuries in motorcycle crash

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October 12th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports there were three accidents over the weekend, with one resulting in an arrest.

Friday evening, 28-year old Kody Mitchel Ross Havens, of Anita, was driving a 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on White Pole Road at Frontier, when he lost control of the machine. The cycle entered a ditch. Havens told authorities he had gotten too far over onto the shoulder of the road before his motorcycle crashed. The accident happened at around 6:30-p.m.    Havens suffered suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries, and was transported by private vehicle to his residence. The Harley sustained about $5,000 damage. Kody Havens was cited for Failure to Maintain Control, and Leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.

Authorities says 47-year old Chad Edward Polivka, of San Tan Valley, AZ, was charged with OWI/1st offense, Failure to Maintain Control, and Leaving the Scene of an accident, after the 2019 Audi SUV he was driving left the road as it was westbound on 200th Street, at around 11:25-p.m. Friday. The vehicle struck a tree at the Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora, causing $15,000 to the SUV and and estimated $300 damage to the tree.  Polivka suffered suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries, but was not transported to the hospital.

And, at around 5:40-a.m. Saturday, a 2010 Chevy Traverse SUV driven by 60-year old Pamela Sue Carruthers, of Jefferson, was traveling south on Highway 25 in Guthrie County, just south of 310th, when a deer ran into the vehicle. The SUV sustained about $5,000 damage. Carruthers was not injured during the accident.