(Updated) Semi-tractor trailer rollover accident w/injuries, in Union County
July 8th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Creston, Iowa) – The driver of a semi tractor-trailer was injured during a crash Monday afternoon, in Union County. The Sheriff’s Office reports a 1987 Freightliner semi pulling a loaded grain hopper, was traveling north on the High and Dry Road at around 1:37-p.m., approximately a quarter mile north of the Ringgold County line, when – according to the driver, 44-year-old Russell Peterson, of Creston – the right front wheel of the semi’s tractor locked-up, causing him to lose control of the semi and trailer.
Authorities said the truck apparently entered the east ditch and then swerved to the west ditch, where it overturned, with the top of the truck digging into the west embankment of the west ditch. The Sheriff’s Office said it then appears the vehicle overturned and struck the east embankment of the same ditch before coming to rest upright on its wheels. The semi – registered to Cunningham Trucking, LLC. from Shannon City – sustained an estimated $40,000 damage.
(Creston Fire Dept. Facebook page photos)
Peterson told deputies he was ejected, and crawled to the front of the truck, when officers located him when they arrived on the scene. Peterson was transported by ambulance to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. Creston Fire and Rescue responded to the scene. Officials with the Union County Sheriff’s Office and Creston Police Department conducted the accident investigation and managed traffic.