(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police report a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica was traveling east in the 600 block E. Coolbaugh Street, Thursday afternoon, when the vehicle sideswiped a legally parked 2016 KIA Sorento SUV. The accident happened at around 12:37-p.m.  No injuries were reported. The driver of the van, 61-year-old Caryn Ann Pedersen, of Red Oak, told police she simply got too close as she was passing the SUV. She claimed not to have been distracted when the mishap occurred.

Damage to the van was estimated at $4,500. The SUV sustained $4,000 damage. No citations were issued. Police noted in their report that Pedersen “Failed to keep in the proper lane.”