The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent hit-and-run accident that occurred on Highway 75, two miles north of Sioux Center, late Wednesday morning.

28-year-old Lauren Kleyer of Sioux Center, was driving southbound on Highway 75, when, according to Kleyer, an unknown vehicle entered her lane; she swerved into the west ditch to avoid striking the vehicle. 

No injuries were reported.

The unknown vehicle was described by witnesses as a black Jeep Liberty with running lights on the roof that were illuminated at the time of the incident.  Kleyer’s Chevrolet Equinox sustained about $2,500 damage.

If you have any information of the black vehicle, you are asked to contact the sheriff’s office.