(KAIR)--More than $4,000 is the estimated loss of an Atchison County guardrail believed to have been hit by a vehicle.

According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, the Atchison County Road and Bridge Department, last week, “reported damage to a guardrail in the 9000 block of River Road, at the Independence Bridge.

According to Laurie, “it appeared a vehicle attempted to turn east to cross the bridge and crashed into the guardrail.”

The report states that the guardrail was replaced in March, at a cost of $4,500.

Laurie says the investigation into the damage is continuing.