(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – A man and woman on a motorcycle were injured Saturday afternoon during a collision with an SUV, north of Panora. According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, the SUV, drive by 40-year-old Sarah Ann Hefel, of North Liberty, was traveling north on Highway 4 a little after 12-p.m., and slowed to turn west onto 180th Street. Witnesses confirmed the vehicle’s turn signals were on prior to making the turn. When she began to slow, Hefel’s SUV was struck from behind by a Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated by 63-year-old Dana Scott Rutherford, of Bagley.

Rutherford suffered suspected serious/incapacitating injuries, and was transported by Lifeflight helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A passenger on the motorcycle, 70-year-old Lynn Rutherford, of Bagley, was also seriously hurt. She was transported by Mercy Air to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Sarah Hefel was not injured in the collision. Damage from the accident amounted to $20,000.

And, the teenage driver of a pickup truck suffered suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries during a rollover accident late Friday morning in Guthrie County. The Sheriff’s Office says a 15-year-old female was traveling west on Highway 44, about one-quarter of a mile west of A Avenue at around 11:58-a.m., when, according to the report, she found a tick on her body, and became distracted. The 2007 Chevy Silverado pickup she was driving crossed the center line of the road, into the eastbound lane, before it entered the south (eastbound ditch). The teen over-corrected, causing the vehicle to cross both lanes of traffic and enter the north (Westbound) ditch, where it rolled over and came to rest in a field of standing corn.

The teen suffered minor injuries caused by her seat belt, but declined medical treatment. The pickup sustained $5,000 damage. Damage to the corn was estimated at $100.