(Guthrie Center, IA) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said no injuries were reported to drivers whose vehicles collided with deer last week. Both collisions occurred on Thursday. The first happened at around 12:35-p.m., as a van driven by 73-year-old Denis R. James, of Guthrie Center, was traveling east on Highway 44. The impact caused an estimated $4,000 damage to the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica James was driving.

The second accident happened at around 6-p.m. Thursday, when an SUV driven by 33-year-old Katelyn Olive, of Guthrie Center, struck a deer as the vehicle was westbound on Highway 44. The Sheriff’s Department estimated the 2017 Nissan Rogue sustained $1,800 damage.