Police respond to four traffic accidents Friday

Decorah Police responded to four traffic accident Friday afternoon and evening.

The first accident occurred shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Highway 9 at Old Stage Road when 60-year-old Scott Onstad of Spring Grove was stopped on Highway 9 at the Old Stage Road traffic light, but his foot slipped off the brake and his car hit a car driven by 39-year-old Amy Seitz of Decorah, causing $1,500 in damages.

Just before 2:00 Friday afternoon 44-year-old Troy Whitehill of Decorah lost control of his car on Twin Springs Road.  The car slid into a ditch and rolled over onto its top.  The vehicle suffered $10,000 in damages, but Whitehill was not injured.

At 7:30 Friday night 24-year-old Eleazar Diaz of Postville was turning left onto Highway 9 from Old Stage Road when 26-year-old Aaron Palmer of Madison, Wisconsin was unable to stop on the 100 percent snow covered roadway and struck Diaz.  Diaz was ticketed for not having a drivers license and not having insurance.  The accident did $13,000 in damages.

Just four minutes later police were called to Highway 9 near Montgomery Street, where 49-year-old Patricia Casteron had skidded off the road into a ditch, hitting a sign.  Road conditions were snow and ice-covered at the time.  No tickets were issued and Casterton was not injured.