A woman was taken into custody early Monday morning, following an accident late Sunday night, in Bayard. According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year old Ashley Faith Andrews, of Bayard, faces charges that include Failure to Maintain Control, Driving While License Suspended, Denied, Cancelled or Revoked, Open container as a driver, and Failure to provide proof of insurance. Authorities say Andrews was driving a 2003 Ford Expedition, and as she was turning from an alley onto westbound 3rd Street at around 11:55-p.m., lost control of the SUV.

The vehicle struck the front of a legally parked 2007 Nissan Sentra. The impact pushed the Nissan into a legally parked 2018 Honda Civic Sport. The SUV then turned south and struck a house at 304 3rd Street. An investigation determined after the SUV struck the house, it apparently backed-up to the west, and hit a fence When Deputies arrived, Andrews was sitting in a garage at a residence nearby.  Inside the SUV, Deputies found an open 12-ounce alcoholic beverage in the center console, about half-full, and a 15-pack of beer with five cans missing.

The SUV (registered to Kelsey Klingeberg) sustained significant front-end damage, amounting to about $10,000. The Nissan sustained $4,000 damage, while damage to the Honda was estimated at $2,000. A fence owned by Michael Jacquard, of Bayard, sustained $1,000 damage and the house at 205 3rd Street, owned by Donald Olesen, sustained $50,000 damage.