The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has released details on a September 17th accident that claimed the life of a Lewis man. At approximately 3:53 a.m. on the morning of the 17th Emergency Responders were called to the area east of 590th and Yankton Road near Griswold for a single vehicle accident.

Deputies determined that a 2014 Chevy Impala was traveling east on Yankton Road, east of 590th and for unknown reasons lost control and entered the south ditch. The Impala continued in the grass ditch and eventually came to a rest in the embankment of a small creek. The operator of the vehicle, Levi Glover of Lewis, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to an area hospital for injuries sustained during the accident.

The vehicle sustained severe damage and was a total loss.