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3 injured during UTV accident in Guthrie County, Friday evening

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November 15th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Panora, Iowa) – A UTV accident Friday evening near Panora resulted in suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries to three people. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says a 2016 Honda SXS10M5D operated by 37-year-old Chad Aaron Ratcliff, of Panora, was northbound on Soldier Trail at around 5:50-p.m., when the machine went out of control and rolled over at the intersection with 245th Avenue.

Ratcliff was transported by Panora EMS to Iowa Methodist in Des Moines. Two passengers, 37-year-old Nathan Dorsett, of Panora, and 31-year-old Adam Sanders, of Lincoln, NE., were injured. Dorsett was transported to the Guthrie County Hospital by a friend. None of the injured were ejected from the machine when it rolled.

Damage to the UTV was estimated at $20,000. It was declared a total loss.