(Guthrie Center, IA) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports there were three, non-injury accidents in the County, last week. Authorities say on Jan. 6th, at around 2:35-p.m., a vehicle driven by 61-year-old Deana Arends, of Bayard, was stopped facing eastbound on State Street/Highway 44, waiting to turn north on 7th Street, when her SUV was struck from behind. The driver of the other vehicle, 39-year-old Ali Abdulmehdi Alhussaini, of Ankeny, told deputies he failed to notice the SUV was stopped in the roadway, prior to his pickup striking the SUV. Deputies cited Alhussaini for Failure to Reduce Speed to a reasonable and proper rate. Damage from the collision amounted to an estimated $13,000 altogether.

Another accident January 6th in Guthrie County caused a combined, estimated $2,000 damage to a van and an SUV. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says the registered owner of a 2021 Chevy Blazer came to the Sheriff’s Office to report a fender bender that had occurred earlier in the day in the courthouse parking lot. The witness said she saw a 2022 Chrysler Voyager van driven by 27-year-old Charlie Quinn Walker, of Menlo, back out of a parking space and strike the legally parked SUV. The accident happened at around 9:30-a.m. Walker was cited for No insurance – accident related.

And, on January 8th, a 2013 Nissan Juke driven by 36-year-old Rachael Tenk, of Manning, was traveling on Highway 141 at around 11:47-p.m., when a deer came out of a ditch and crossed in front of her vehicle. When the vehicle hit the deer, the driver’s side airbags deployed. Tenk, who was wearing her seat belt, and not hurt. The vehicle was disabled in the collision. Authorities estimated the damage at $3,000.