(Creston, Iowa) – A distracted driver lost control of her vehicle Thursday afternoon in Union County, causing a property damage accident. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, 30-year-old Rochelle J. Means, of Afton, was driving a 2023 Chevy pickup southbound on 190th Street at around 12:50-p.m.  She negotiated the first part of an S curve in the road, but when she reached into the back seat to do something for her kids, her pickup went off of the road to the right and into a ditch, where it struck an Alliant Energy utility pole.

The pole snapped-off above the pickup truck and landed on the roof of the vehicle and truck bed. The occupants of the vehicle remained inside until First Responders arrived and advised them it was safe to exit the pickup truck.

Sheriff’s Deputies estimated the vehicle sustained an estimated at $10,000 damage. Damage to the power pole was estimated at $2,500. No citations were issued.