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2 vehicle accident in Atlantic Saturday afternoon

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April 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Minor injuries were reported but no one was transported to the hospital, following a collision between a full-size pickup and a small car, Saturday afternoon, in Atlantic. Assistant Police Chief Paul Wood said the accident which occurred at around 1:13-p.m. at 7th and Chestnut Streets, when a northbound red Mitsubishi at the stop light at the intersection, proceeded into the intersection after the vehicle in front, turned right.

 

(The driver of the car thought she had a green light. As she entered the intersection, her car was hit on the passenger front side by a Dodge Ram pickup traveling west on 7th Street.)

The pickup driver had a green light. After the impact, the car spun around and ended-up facing southwest on the corner of the intersection.

(The impact caused the car’s airbags to deploy.)

The occupants of the car suffered from minor bumps and bruises, according to the Assistant Chief. The names of the driver’s were not immediately released.