Motel struck by a pickup in Atlantic, Saturday
January 1st, 2022 by Ric Hanson
(Atlantic, Iowa) -A pickup struck two rooms of a motel in Atlantic, Saturday afternoon, but no one was injured. According to Atlantic Police Lt. Paul Wood, the accident happened at the A-Ford-O Motel on the west-central side of town, off 7th Street, at around 1:45-p.m.
An eastbound F250 pickup on Highway 6 driven by 24-year old Austin Boggs, of Lewis, went out of control, turned sideways, and slid into the entrance of rooms seven-and eight. The rooms were unoccupied at the time of the crash.
The accident remains under investigation.
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(Photo courtesy of Cass County Deputy Kyle Quist)