(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests and a close-call accident involving a pickup truck and a train. Authorities say Deputies on Thursday arrested 29-year-old Robert Warner, of Fremont, NE, for OWI/1st Offense.  Warner was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond. And on Wednesday, 52-year-old Craig Griffin, of Wiota, was arrested on warrants for Failure to Appear and Violation of Probation.  Griffin was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.

On July 30th, 2022, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of 665th and Hampton at around 12:24-p.m. Officials say a 2015 Chevrolet 2500 pickup driven by James Stokley was traveling North on 665th approaching the railroad crossing at that location. Stokley failed to notice an oncoming train until he had arrived at the intersection and the train sounded it’s whistle.  Stokley locked the brakes-up on the pickup, but the vehicle continued to skid closer to the intersection and train.  The pickup’s front left corner struck the train’s front right corner, causing approximately $6,000 worth of damage to the pickup, and no noticeable damage to the train.

No injuries were reported.