(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say no injuries were reported following a collision at around 1-p.m. Thursday, at Highway 34 and Wyoming Avenue. Police along with the Creston Fire Department were dispatched with Medic 1 to the scene. According to the Police report, a 2015 GMC SUV driven by 32-year-old Emilie Anne Blankenship, of Creston, was leaving the stop sign on Wyoming Avenue, heading southbound across Highway 34. Blankenship told police she thought a 2019 GMC SUV (driven by 16-year-old Aydin M. Gaiser, of Massena), was turning, but it was heading westbound on Highway 34.

Hwy 34 & Wyoming Ave. accident photo via the Creston F.D Facebook page.

Emilie Blankenship’s SUV struck Gaiser’s SUV, causing a total of $9,000 damage. No citations were issued, but the police report noted Blankenship failed to yield the right-of-way from a stop sign.