CANINE SHIFTS GEAR OF VEHICLE; TRUCK COLLIDES WITH RESTAURANT

The Waukon Police Department responded to three accidents recently, one of which resulted in minor injuries to two occupants of a Waukon dining establishment.
The first was a two-vehicle collision reported Thursday, July 13, at approximately 8:40 a.m. at the intersection of Fifth Avenue NW and Fourth Street NW within the city. Though no injuries resulted from the accident, officers at the scene estimated $8,000 in total property damage.
Specifically, a police report indicates that Robert J. Stock, 72, of Waukon, was traveling eastbound on Fifth Avenue when Jessica Waters, 25, of Waukon, pulled from a stop sign at the avenue's intersection with Fourth Street. Waters' '95 Ford Windstar van collided with Stock's '89 Ford F150 pick-up, pushing the vehicle to the opposite side of the avenue along which it was traveling.
Waters was cited for failure to yield from a stop sign.
Damages were estimated at $4,000 per vehicle.
Friday, July 14, officers responded to a second, two-vehicle accident at a site along First Avenue NW. The accident occurred at 10:30 a.m. and resulted in $2,800 in property damage.
An accident report suggests that Morgan Baxter, 16, of Waukon, backed from a private drive directly in front of an oncoming, westbound mail truck operated by Bonnie Cunningham, 43, also of Waukon.
No injuries were reported in the incident. Cunningham's 2000 Chevy pick-up sustained an estimated $2,000 in damages. The 2000 Pontiac operated by Morgan Baxter, owned by James and Charlene Baxter, sustained $800 in damages.
Neither party was issued a citation.
And finally, officers were called to a one-vehicle accident Wednesday, July 19, after a vehicle collided with a local restaurant.
According to a description of the accident, a '95 Chevy pick-up owned by Brad's Electric was parked in the Elite Genetics parking lot at 609 Rossville Road when a dog, Sam, left inside the vehicle bumped the shifting lever into neutral. The vehicle coasted across Rossville Road and struck the Mulligan's Grill Pub building, located at 610 Rossville Road.
As a result of the mishap, two subjects, diners at the restaurant, were treated at the scene for minor injuries. They were Katie Byron, age seven, of New Jersey and William Eichmann, age unknown, of Cedar Rapids.
While the vehicle involved in the accident, owned by Brad Winters of Waukon, sustained an estimated $1,500 in damages, Mulligan's Grill Pub, owned by Drew Hager, also of Waukon, sustained an estimated $5,000 in property damage.
No citations were issued.