(SE Union County, IA) – A man from Murray escaped injury after the pickup he was driving left the road and rolled into a ditch Friday evening, southeast of Arispe, in Union County. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Matthew J. Henrichs was driving a 2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup that was pulling a large utility trailer (equipped with 2 axles), when he felt the trailer pull off the side of the road on eastbound 270th Street/Trout Avenue.

When Henrichs attempted to correct what was happening with the trailer, he realized he was going to fast. When he over-corrected, and before he could brake in time, the pickup & trailer went into the ditch, causing the truck to roll into the north ditch. Both curtain airbags deployed in the pickup. The accident happened at around 5:05-p.m., Friday.

The vehicle sustained a sheriff’s deputy-estimated $15,000 damage. A fence was also damaged in the accident. The fence, belonging to Landy Livingston sustained an estimated $500 damage. No citations were issued.