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Straight truck hits underpass in Creston – no injuries reported

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May 15th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston said no injuries were reported after a straight truck struck a railroad underpass Sunday afternoon on S. Cedar Street. A 2022 Freightliner delivery truck driven by 46-year-old Cedrick Lamark Johnson, of Des Moines, was traveling through an underpass at around 12:11-p.m., when the roof of the truck struck the underside of the BNSF/Creston Streets Dept. bridge. Damage to the truck was estimated at $6,000. No damage was reported to the overpass. Driver inexperience was cited as a contributing factor. No citations were issued.