(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The driver of a Subaru was injured during a single-vehicle accident Saturday morning in Guthrie County. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports 34-year-old Richard Alan Holbrook, of Yale, was driving a 2005 Subaru Legacy southbound in the 3200 block of Frontier Road at around 8:50-a.m., when he lost control of the vehicle while on his cell phone. He also admitted to drinking the night before. The car ran off the road to the right and entered a ditch where it struck a field access driveway embankment and went airborne, coming to rest in the ditch.

Holbrook suffered unknown, possible injuries and was transported by Adair EMS to the Guthrie County Hospital. A search warrant was obtained for the withdrawal of his blood for chemical testing. The results were not immediately available. Yale was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Use of an electronic communication device while driving. His car sustained $5,000 damage.

And the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office said no injuries were reported to the driver of a 2013 Chevy Impala, last Wednesday night, after her car struck a deer on White Pole Road. The car, driven by 18-year-old Shyann Young, of Adair, sustained $5,000 damage. No citations were issued.