ACCIDENTS

REPORTED

These accident reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:

SHERIFF

Nighthawk Rd. south of 180th Rd.

Brandon C. Crooks, 41, Galva, hit a deer at 7:49 p.m. April 4 with his 2014 Chevrolet Volt, according to one of six accident reports released Friday.

The car remained drivable with damage to its front.

Nighthawk Rd. south of 60th Rd.

Scott A. Penner, 46, rural Peabody, hit a deer at 8:46 p.m. April 5 with his 2014 Ford Explorer.

The car remained drivable with damage to its right front and hood.

K-15 north of 210th Rd.

Zachary C. Mitchell, 32, Abilene, hit a turkey at 12:52 p.m. April 6 with his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Bayli R. Huffman, 28, apparently of the same address, was a passenger.

The turkey became lodged in the pickup’s grill. It was removed and euthanized by sheriff’s deputies.

The truck remained drivable with damage to its front, hood, and undercarriage.

US-56 east of Ridge Rd.

Thomas B.C. Smith, 18, Aiden, dozed off at 4:04 a.m. April 7, allowed his 2010 Hyundai Elantra to veer off the road to the left, overcorrected, and rolled the car into the right ditch.

Deputy Joshua Meliza’s report said Smith might have been injured when he hit his head during the wreck, but he declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion firefighters.

His car was listed as totaled with damage to the entire vehicle. Marion firefighters were called to control spilling fuel.

US-56 west of Falcon Rd.

Darrin L. Gray, 61, Abilene, reported nearly 1½ hours later that he hit a dog at 6 a.m. April 7 with his 2014 Mazda MZ2.

Deputy Bruce Burke’s report does not indicate what happened to the dog or who might have owned it.

However, in a routine activity report released Monday, Hillsboro police noted that they had been informed of a dead dog found sometime April 7 at that location and that they had forwarded the information to the sheriff’s department.

Gray’s hatchback remained drivable with damage to its front and undercarriage.

US-56 south of 280th Rd.

Madison C. Mugler, 25, Manhattan, hit a turkey at 8:10 p.m. April 10 with her 2025 Kia K4.

The car remained drivable with damage to its windshield.

HILLSBORO

Bomgaars parking lot

The right rear tire of a Ryder rental semi-trailer truck hit a legally parked vehicle at 5:25 p.m. Friday while semi driver William Bement, 39, Abilene, was backing.

The car, a 2013 Toyota Camry owned by Jonathan Christian of rural Hillsboro, sustained damage to its left rear fender and bumper.

Cherlyn Christian of the same address was in the car’s passenger seat at the time.