Authorities in Cass County today (Friday) released additional information about an accident that took place Oct. 20th. The Sheriff’s Office says at around 11-a.m. that day, deputies responded to a report of a car/tractor accident on Highway 71 south of Atlantic. A 2015 Cadillac owned and driven by 81-year old Dale Dean Pauley, of Atlantic, was southbound on Highway 71 when the driver attempted to pass a 2015 Case tractor driven by 24-year old William Garrett Wilson, of Exira.

Pauley’s car hit the driver’s side of the tractor and rolled in the west ditch, landing on its top. Pauley and a passenger, Ila Lucille Pauley, suffered minor injuries, and were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medivac ambulance.

Damage to Pauley’s Cadillac was estimated at $43,000. The tractor sustained an estimated $5,000 damage. Deputies cited Dale Pauley for Failure to Maintain Control.