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Car-deer accident in Union County

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December 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Cromwell, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported after an SUV struck a deer Tuesday evening, west of Cromwell. The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave driven by 51-year-old Timothy Alan Weeks, of Prescott, was westbound on 180th Street at around 5:37-p.m., when a deer ran out of a ditch and onto the road. Weeks dragged the deer off of the road after it was struck, and was able to drive his vehicle away from the scene.

The SUV sustained an estimated $8,000 damage.