330th St. AccidentAirbags and seatbelts saved lives in a semi versus car accident in Greene County.

At 1:16pm on Wednesday, Greene County Sheriff Steve Haupert says the Greene and Guthrie County Sheriff’s offices, the Department of Transportation Enforcement Officers and Road Supervisors, Coon Rapids Police Department, the Coon Rapids and Bayard Fire and Rescue units and the Carroll County Emergency Medical Services responded to a semi vs. car accident at the intersection of 330th Street and Brentwood Avenue, near the Greene and Carroll County line.

Haupert states that 18 year-old Brittany Ann Baumhover of Dedham was traveling east on 330th Street when she pulled off the road at the intersection of Brentwood and tried to make a U-turn when her 1999 Pontiac Bonneville was hit by a 2007 Mack semi-tractor trailer that was driven by 61 year-old Dwayne Jerald Rand of Waterloo who was also heading east on 330th Street.

Haupert notes that Rand was trying to take evasive action but struck the Bonneville and sent it into the south ditch.

Baumhover had to be extricated from her vehicle and was taken to St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll for minor injuries.  Her passenger, 18 year-old Zena Ann Olberding of Carroll was checked at the scene for minor injuries and wasn’t transported to a medical facility.  Rand sustained no injuries in the accident.

Haupert points out that everyone was wearing their seatbelts and that the Bonneville’s airbags deployed which Haupert believes played a major role in saving the two young lady’s lives.  He reminds everyone that if you are going to make a U-turn at an intersection where there is a stop sign, that you must come to a full stop and check both ways on the highway, before re-entering the roadway.

Estimated damage to the semi-truck is $10,000 and Baumhover’s vehicle is a total loss.

Haupert adds that citations will be issued following the completion of the investigation.

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