The Union County Sheriff’s Office says two separate accidents took place Tuesday. Authorities say at around 11:32-p.m. Tuesday, a 2015 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 24-year-old Blaine Andrew Sportsman, of LaClede, Missouri, was traveling westbound on 140th Street in Union County. When Sportsman looked down at his cell phone GPS to see where he was going, the passenger side wheels of the camper his truck was pulling, began to go off the north side of the road, near the ditch. When he tried to get the camper back on the road, it continued towards the ditch before entering, and flipped onto its side.

The flipping action of the camper caused the pickup to flip over as well. Sportsman was wearing a seat belt and was able to safely extricate himself from the pickup. Damage from the accident amount to $20,000 altogether. No citations were issued. And, at around 5:34-p.m., Tuesday, a 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera driven by 42-year-old Jesse White, of Creston, was traveling north on Highway 25. As he was looking at the cornfields, he failed to notice the vehicle in front him, a 2015 RAM pickup – driven by 26-year-old Trevor Blake Luther, of Creston – was slowing down due to a semi hauling crops that was ahead of the pickup. When he finally saw the pickup, White slammed on his brakes, but struck the rear of the pickup truck. He complained of head pain and was transported by ambulance to the hospital in Creston, where he was examined and released. Damage to his car was estimated at $5,000. The pickup sustained $2,000 damage. No citations were issued.

And, the Creston Police Department reports a 2016 Chevy Colorado pickup truck was legally parked in the 100 block of E. Montgomery Street when it was struck on the driver’s side front panel by an unknown vehicle. The other vehicle transferred green paint to the pickup during the collision. The incident, which happened sometime over the previous 24-to 48 hours to Tuesday afternoon, caused an estimated $1,600 damage to the pickup.