(Mount Ayr, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County report a Clarke County man faces charges following an injury accident that occurred early Saturday morning (July 1st) in southern Ringgold County. Authorities say 43-year-old Jaycob Leroy Waske, of Murray, was traveling west on Highway J-55 a little after 3-a.m., in an are open only to local traffic, due to construction. The report said Waske ignored signs leading toward the construction and drove through warning cones indicating a roadway drop-off of approximately one-foot in the westbound lanes leading to the bridge.

The 2008 Chevy Impala he was driving then struck the bridge deck at a high rate of speed, totaling the car and damaging the construction area. Waske and his passenger, 45-year-old Joshua Lewis, of Mount Ayr, were treated at the Ringgold County Hospital and later transferred to Mercy in Des Moines, as the result of suffering multiple fractures during the crash.

Jaycob Waske was charged with Interference with Official Acts, and cited for Failure to Obey a traffic control device (Signs), along with Leaving the scene of an accident-Failure to provide aid or information after an effort to hide the accident from law enforcement. His bond was set at $300.

Jaycob Waske (Ringgold County S/O photo)