Ellis L. Shipley, Milan, collided with a pickup truck over the holiday weekend.
According to an accident report by Officer Jen Grider, on July 5, Ellis L. Shipley, was parked on the south side of 12th Street facing west. He backed up and collided with a pickup truck owned by Brian D. Meek, Trenton. Meek was traveling north on Tindall Ave and turned west onto 12th Street where Shipley backed into the driver’s side of the pickup.
Both vehicles sustained minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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According to an accident report by Jeff Spencer, on July 5, an sport utility vehicle driven by Joseph T. Tate, New Hampton, was traveling east- bound on Main Street approaching Main Stop. He slowed down and turned on his right turn signal to attempt to turn into Main Stop. Anne M. Willey, Trenton, was traveling eastbound on Main behind Tate and stated she did not see him signal to turn. Ms. Willey hit the rear of the SUV with her car and stated it was her fault for not paying attention.
Ms. Willey’ s car sustained moderate damage to the front and Tate’s SUV had minor damage to the rear.
There were no injuries reported.
According to a police report by Officer Jeff Spencer, on Monday a garbage truck driven by Jonathan H. Ceradsky, Trenton, was traveling northbound on Pleasant View Street to pick up trash when he struck a power line. The power line was pulled down and it caused the pole to land on the side of the truck. Ceradsky stated that he did not see the low line due to him not being on his normal route.
KCP&L showed up and removed the pole from the truck. A KCP&L representative indicated that the line was low and had been reported prior to the accident.
There was no damage to the vehicle and no injuries reported.
According to an accident report by Officer Jeff Spencer, on July 1, Rebehah K. Sollars, Odessa, was pulling out of the McDonalds parking lot making a left hand turn on to Ninth Street. She did not see a pickup driven by Wayne Brown, Trenton, traveling west on Ninth Street. Brown saw the car pull out of the parking lot and attempted to swerve to avoid being hit.
There were no injuries reported. Ms. Sollars car sustained minor damage to the front and Brown’s pickup had minimal damage to the lower right rear bed and tail pipe.
According to an accident report by Sgt. Jeb Walker, on June 30, Camden B. Farmer, Trenton, reported an unknown vehicle stuck the driver side mirror of his car. The car was parked and unoccupied on Crowder Road facing east. The unknown vehicle was traveling east on Crowder Road when it sideswiped Farmer’s car. The owner of the vehicle left the scene.