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(Update) No injuries following pickup-vs-tractor accident in Cass County

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October 12th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(In an update to our post Tues. afternoon…)

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported after a pickup hit a tractor Tuesday afternoon, near Cumberland. Authorities say deputies responded at around 4:50-p.m. to a reported two-vehicle, car/tractor accident at 670th Street and Highway 92.

Photo's submitted to KJAN

Both photo’s courtesy Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Johnson.

A 1984 Case tractor owned and driven by 66-year old David Edward Steffen, of Cumberland, was westbound on Highway 92 and attempting a left turn onto 670th Street when it was struck in the rear by a 1998 GMC Sierra pickup owned and driven by 68-year old Sammie Dale Metheny, of Atlantic.pickup Damage to the tractor and the pickup is estimated at $3,000 each. Metheny was cited for Unsafe Passing.

(9-a.m. News)