Three collisions were investigated by Holbrook police officers during the period of Sept. 9-22, according to dispatcher reports.
At 7:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, a two-vehicle, non-injury collision occurred in the 1400 block of Navajo Blvd. The vehicles involved were a white 2018 Chevy Equinox driven by Elijah Ollarsaba, 21, of Holbrook and a silver 2021 Toyota Corolla driven by Anastasia Gurule, 39, of Holbrook. According to the report, Ollarsaba was in the outside lane and attempted to move to the inside lane to avoid a semi-truck that was braking in front of him and struck Gurule who was traveling in the inside lane. Ollarsaba was cited for making an unsafe lane change.
At 8:33 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, a two-vehicle, non-injury collision occurred in the 1400 block of West Hopi Drive. The vehicles involved were a Navajo County Sheriff’s Office gray 2014 Ram 1500 truck driven by Sheriff’s Posse Mark Binnie, 57, of Snowflake and a red 2026 Jeep Wrangler driven by Jayne Smith, 63, of Lawley Village, UK. According to the report, Smith was traveling west on Hopi Drive and was turning left but had not fully entered into the turn lane when Binnie, who was traveling behind Smith swerved to pass but the rearview mirror struck Smith’s vehicle. Binnie was cited for failure to avoid a collision.
At 1:22 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16, a two-vehicle, non-injury collision occurred on Hopi Drive. The vehicles involved were a white van driven by China Cassidy, 40, of Holbrook, and a maroon crew cab truck driven by David Mead, 67, of Sun Valley. According to the report, Cassidy had entered onto West Hopi Drive heading east from a private drive on the south side of the street and Mead had entered onto Hopi Drive from a private drive on the north side of the street to head east but was still in the center lane when Cassidy merged into the center lane and struck the front of Mead’s truck. Cassidy was cited for making an unsafe lane change.
