(Clarinda) Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Page County on August 14th.
The Page County Sheriff’s Office says the investigation into this accident showed that 22-year-old Dustin Thomas Hummel, of Sidney, was operating a 2010 Chevy. There were no occupants in the vehicle other than Hummel. Hummel was facing west on Highway 2, stopped at the stop sign at the intersection with Highway 59.
Roger Dale Cox, 64, of rural Northboro, was operating a 2002 Ford northbound on Highway 59 south of Highway 2. Cox had a juvenile passenger in his vehicle.
Hummel stated that he had looked south and saw no vehicles going north on Highway 59. Hummel then looked north and saw a black truck going south on Highway 59. When the black truck had cleared the intersection, Hummel pulled into the northbound lane of Highway 59, without looking back south, attempting to cross Highway 59 and continue westbound on Highway 2. Hummel struck the passenger side of the Cox vehicle, sending it into the west ditch on the north side of Highway 2.
Both Cox and the juvenile passenger were transported to the Shenandoah Medical Center for unknown injuries. Hummel reported not being injured
Damage to Hummel vehicle is estimated at $7,000. Damage to the Cox vehicle is estimated at $3,000. Hummel was cited for Failure to obey a stop or yield sign.
The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Shenandoah Ambulance Service, the Shenandoah Fire Department, the Shenandoah Police Department, and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
