(Primghar)– A Sanborn teen was injured Tuesday when a car she was driving collided with a utility pole in O’Brien county.
The State Patrol says 16-year-Serena Ackerman was driving a 2000 Ford on 330th Street a half mile east of Tanager Avenue when she lost control. The vehicle went into the south ditch, rolled and collided with a utility pole, coming to rest on its wheels.
Ackerman was taken by the Hartley ambulance to the Sheldon hospital with non-incapacitating injuries.
The vehicle sustained an estimated seven thousand dollars in damage; damage to the utility pole owned by Northwest Iowa REC was estimated at a thousand dollars.
Ackerman was cited for failure to maintain control.
The crash took place around 8:17 a.m. Tuesday.
