In an update to our Adair County Sheriff’s report on Monday, the Union County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday) said 43-year-old Niels Curtis Mikkelsen, of Orient, was arrested July 4th by an Adair County Deputy in Union County, for Operating a vehicle While Intoxicated, following an investigation into an accident. His preliminary breath test (PBT) registered .153, or nearly twice the legal limit for intoxication.

Authorities say Mikkelsen was driving a 2014 Dodge RAM bucket truck registered to Alliant Energy/Interstate Power and Light, when he failed to maintain control while traveling westbound on 110th Street a little before 2-a.m. The truck entered the north ditch and struck the backside of an unoccupied 1993 Toyota pickup that was parked in the ditch. The pickup is registered to John Weeks, of Orient.

Damage to the pickup was estimated at $8,000. The bucket truck sustained approximately $7,000 damage.