At least three accidents in southwest Iowa Thursday morning, were primarily attributed to frost covered roads. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday, an accident at around 7:09-a.m. occurred on Highway 34, about one-quarter of a mile west of A Avenue (near the Mills County line).

A 1996 GMC Sonoma pickup driven 24-year-old Abraham Garcia, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was traveling eastbound, when the vehicle lost traction due to the frost, and went out of control. The pickup entered the south ditch and rolled over before coming to rest on its wheels. Garcia was checked-out by personnel from Emerson Fire/Rescue and Red Oak Rescue, but refused treatment.

The pickup, owned by Patricia Garcia, of Bellevue, sustained about $3,500 damage, was was considered a total loss. There were no citations were issued. And, as previously mentioned, an SUV rollover accident happened at around 7:20-a.m. Thursday on Highway 34 in Union County. The driver, 19-year-old Destiny Ashby, of Murray, was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Creston.

And, an accident on a frost/ice covered Olive Street north of Atlantic, caused a van driven by 20-year Avery Andersen, of rural Atlantic, to go out of control and roll into the west ditch, about one-half mile north of the Pymosa School/Atlantic Head Start building. Andersen died at the scene of the crash that took place at approximately 8:55-a.m.