By: Matt Scher, [email protected]
Thor, IA – A single-vehicle accident Friday morning to the east of Thor left a 17-year-old girl injured.
At approximately 8:14 a.m. Friday, the Humboldt County Law Enforcement Center received a call of an overturned car in the ditch along 250th St. to the East of Thor. Deputy Andrew Shillington with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office responded on scene.
The 17-year-old female from Goldfield driving the vehicle was transported by Humboldt EMS to Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion with non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle, a white 2008 Buick Lucerne, had to be pulled from the ditch by Jergen’s Body and Alignment’s Wrecker Service. According to the accident report, the cause of the crash was determined to be the driver going to fast for conditions and losing control on the gravel road. The underage driver was not cited in the crash.
Assisting on scene were the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Thor and Norway Township Fire Department, the Humboldt Fire Department, and Humboldt EMS.