No injuries in B Street collision

Two drivers narrowly avoided injury following a collision on Friday morning in Aberdeen.

Shortly before 9 a.m., the driver of an eastbound white 1985 Chevy work van ran the stop sign at the intersection of First and B streets, Aberdeen police said. A dark green 1999 Ford pickup truck was traveling through the same intersection southbound when it was hit by the van.

The truck rolled onto its side before coming to a stop on B street, some 20 feet past the intersection. The white van ended up on the north sidewalk of B street, a few feet farther than the truck.

Neither vehicle had passengers at the time of the accident, and neither driver was hurt seriously enough to be taken away by ambulance, although the driver of the Chevy van had minor injuries. Both drivers were males in their 50s.

Two officers from the Aberdeen Police Department, and an ambulance and fire truck from the Aberdeen Fire Department responded to the scene.

Both lanes on the 100 block of B street were closed until the vehicles could be removed from the scene.

“The accident looks a lot bigger than it is,” Aberdeen Police Department Corporal Darrin King said. “It could have been a lot worse.”

Both vehicles were traveling at or below the speed limit at the time of impact, police said. The van driver was cited for running the stop sign.

Traffic Officer George Kelley led the investigation.