Three separate accidents were reported in Cass County over the past few days. The Sheriff’s Office says at around 8-p.m. last Friday, a two-vehicle accident occurred on I-80 eastbound at the 58.25 mm. A 2010 Honda CR-V owned and driven by 70-year old Linda Ustad Waters, of Sioux Falls, SD, was eastbound on I-80 on the inside lane when her vehicle was struck in the left rear by a 2015 International tractor/trailer driven by 74-year old Kenneth A. Cochran, of Wellsville, OH, that was in the outside lane. The collision resulted in Waters’ vehicle to spinning around and coming to rest in the median. No injuries were reported. Damage to Waters’ vehicle is estimated at $4,000; damage to Cochran’s vehicle is estimated at $800. Cochran was cited for Log Book Not Current.

At around 9:30-a.m. Saturday, Cass County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a one-vehicle accident on Marne Road approximately ¼ mile east of 590th Street. A 2003 GMC Sonoma pickup driven by 34-year old William Joseph Bullock, of Walnut, was eastbound on Marne Road when Bullock fell asleep and drove into the north ditch, striking a sign and coming to rest a the bottom of the embankment. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $1,000. Bullock was cited for No Valid Driver’s License.

And, at around 6:47-p.m. Saturday, a single-vehicle accident happened on Highway 71 at the I-80 underpass.  A 1995 Ford trailer driven by 69-year old Larry G. Neiswinger, of South Charleston, Ohio, was northbound on Highway 71 when the grain dump box on the trailer struck the overpass, causing the box to become separated from the truck and block the one of the northbound lanes of Highway 71. No injuries were reported. Damage to the trailer is estimated at $5,000; no damage was noted to the bridge.