ACCIDENTS

REPORTED

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

SHERIFF

5th St. west of Main St. and Doyle St. south of 5th St., Florence

Lisa A. Blackmore, 66, Florence, was ticketed six times by deputy Bruce Burke after she allegedly drove a 2006 Ford Ranger off the road to the right and into a legally parked vehicle at 8:45 a.m. Jan. 3 and then five minutes later again drove it off the road to the right and into a street sign.

In each case, Burke issued tickets for allegedly failing to report an accident, leaving the scene of an accident, and failing to have evidence of liability insurance, according to one of two accident reports released Jan. 7 by the sheriff’s department.

Despite a long-standing request that accident reports be released each Monday, as is done by Marion and Hillsboro police, the sheriff’s department provided no additional accident reports after Jan. 7.

The pickup, owned by Billy Blackmore of the same address, remained drivable with damage to its front third, windshield, and undercarriage.

The parked vehicle, a 2024 Volkswagen Atlas owned by Prairie Oaks Cattle Co. of rural Florence, sustained disabling damage to its rear third and undercarriage and was towed.

US-56 south of 250th Rd.

Francisco Rodriguez-Gamiz, 52, Manhattan, lost control of his 2008 Cadillac SRX at 6:24 p.m. Jan. 6 while attempting to pass on an icy road a 2024 Ram 2500 driven by Jeffery Huerta, 33, Gainesville, Texas.

The right front of the Cadillac clipped the left rear of the Ram. Both vehicles remained drivable.

Passengers in the Cadillac included Fatima D. Rodriguez and Guadalupe Z. Rodriguez of the same Manhattan address.

Riding in the Ram, owned by Barco Enterprises Trust of Salt Lake City, was Jose A. Aguilar, 39, Brownsville, Texas.

Deputy Joshua Meliza blamed the crash on Rodriguez-Gamiz driving too fast for conditions, but no tickets were listed as being issued.

MARION

300 block of E. Santa Fe St.

A wing plow on a city snowplow did damage described as substantial to a legally parked 2020 Ram 150 pickup at 6:50 p.m. Jan. 5, according to an accident report released Monday.

Pickup owner Jeffrey S. Huber reported the damage at 1:02 p.m. the next day. He suspected a plow hit his truck because an orange marker was found in the snow.

Interim chief Zach Hudlin inspected two city plows and found one that had been driven by Steven J. Hart, 49, normally the city’s head electrician, was missing a marker matching the one found at the scene.

Hart told Hudlin he might have bumped a button to lower his truck’s wing plow and did not realize he had struck the pickup.

Hudlin classified the accident as a hit and run and reported damage to the entire left side of Huber’s pickup.

No tickets were listed as being issued.