Injury Accident @ Hickory Road & South 41st Road

DATE & TIME:   11-20-2015/1445

LOCATION:     Hickory Road/South 41st Road

OFFENSE:        Vehicle Accident with Injury

CASE #:             2015-5665

On Friday, November 20, 2015 at approximately 2:45 p.m., Kylee Schoen was driving westbound in a silver 2014 Chrysler Town and Country minivan on Hickory Road approaching South 41^st Road.  As her vehicle crested a small hill, she saw a herd of deer standing in the middle of the roadway.  She swerved right to avoid the deer and her vehicle slid off the roadway, down an embankment and overturned in a ravine located on the north side of the road.

Mrs. Schoen was able to free herself from the vehicle and climb up the embankment of the ravine and notify the Gage County Sheriff’s Office.  Mrs. Schoen suffered minor injuries to her chest.  She declined an ambulance and was transported to Beatrice Community Hospital by her husband, who had arrived at the scene.

The vehicle was towed out of the ravine and taken to Beatrice for repairs.

Sheriff Millard “Gus” Gustafson

Deputy T. Hanson

Deputy D. Brydl