(Adair, Iowa) – In an update to our report last Friday, the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) said only one person was injured during a multi-vehicle accident Friday afternoon, on Interstate west of Adair. Wet/icy roads contributed to the accidents.

Authorities started receiving multiple calls about the incident on I-80 eastbound at mile marker 76, at around 4:45-p.m.  The driver of a 2014 Nissan Rouge, Erin Schild, of Lincoln, NE., suffered suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries, and was transported by Cass EMS ambulance to the Cass Health in Atlantic. Authorities said the Nissan was in the left lane when it left the road and struck the cable barrier. The SUV veered back into traffic and was struck on the passenger side by a 2021 Lexus RS driven by  61-year-old Richard Earl Adam, of Blair, NE.

The SUV left the road again and traveled through the cable barrier on the north side of the roadway and came to rest in the median. Damage to the vehicles amounted to $25,000 total. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office said also, at about the same time and place, a 2015 RAM pickup driven by 59-year-old Patricia Sue Wagaman, of Red Oak, went out of control due to the weather conditions, and was left stranded against the cable barrier. There were no contact vehicles involved in the mishap. Her pickup sustained $8,000 damage.

And, an eastbound 2019 Jeep Cherokee driven by 40-year-old Erin Hoffmeyer, of Lincoln, NE., was eastbound on I-80 at around 4:45-p.m., Friday, when she slowed for the multi-vehicle accident in front of her. Hoffmeyer’s SUV went out of control on the icy bridge – which caused most of the other accidents – and came into contact with the cable barrier. The vehicle sustained $5,000 damage, but was able to have been driven away.