SIDNEY(July 17, 2024)  -- A white SUV and a four-door dark-colored sedan went off the road north of Lorenzo on Highway 19 this morning.

The sedan was southbound on Highway 19 in foggy conditions when the driver saw a northbound  The dark-colored sedan then entered the ditch, coming to rest facing west. 

Jordan Tyler Nelson, 26, of Sidney, was driving a 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue southbound on Highway 19, passing a vehicle in fog. According to the accident report, Nelson observed a northbound vehicle, a 2020 Cadillac driven by Hesper Lynn Gentry, 46, of Peetz. 

Nelson drove his sedan off the east side of the road to avoid a head-on collision. The Cadillac was northbound on Highway 19. Gentry saw the Oldsmobile and also exited the road to avoid a head-on collision. 

The two vehicles sideswiped each other in the east ditch.

Gentry was transported to Sidney Regional Medical Center by Morrill County ambulance.