MASON CITY – The Custer County Sheriff’s Office has released details following the accident outside Mason City earlier today.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 10:17 a.m., a 2-vehicle accident occurred a half mile east of Mason City on Highway 2.
Dustin Schwartz, age 33, of Broken Bow, was traveling westbound in a 2017 Honda. Melissa Bucher, age 32, of Litchfield, was driving a 2004 GMC Yukon, eastbound.
Schwartz’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck the rear of the Bucher vehicle, the impact of which caused the Yukon to roll several times and come to rest in the roadway.
The Honda came to rest on the shoulder of the road. Schwartz was taken to the Jennie Melham Hospital in Broken Bow by Ansley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and Bucher was taken to Good Samaritan in Kearney by Mason City Rescue. The exact injuries to both drivers are unknown but are not thought to be life-threatening.
