(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – No injuries were reported following a chain-reaction collision Friday afternoon, in Guthrie County. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened at around 4:25-p.m. on Iowa Highway 141 at 120th Street. Authorities say a Chevy pickup driven by 17-year-old Mason Kinsey, of Jefferson, was westbound approaching three vehicles that were stopped on Highway 141, as the driver of a non-contact vehicle was waiting to turn off the highway and onto 120th.

The teen failed to see a Ford pickup driven by 22-year-old Jack Tiefenthaler, of Breda, a Dodge pickup driven by 43-year-old Jammy Thornock, of Carroll, as well as the non-contact vehicle had stopped in front of him. He told deputies that he looked at his cell phone GPS for directions as it was sitting in the center console of the pickup. The Chevy pickup he was driving struck the rear of the Ford pickup, which then rear-ended the Dodge pickup truck. Thornock was able to stop before his vehicle could strike the vehicle in front of him, which was turning.

Damage from the collision amounted to $20,000 altogether. Mason Kinsey was cited for Failure to Stop in an assured clear distance.