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Red Oak man issued a written warning following a semi-vs-car accident Thursday evening

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July 21st, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak say no injuries were reported following a collision between a 2006 Freightliner semi pulling a hopper-style trailer, and a 1992 Ford Tempo. Authorities report the car, driven by 92-year-old Wallace Keith Jones, of Red Oak, was traveling west on W. Market Street at around 5:45-p.m. He stopped at the intersection with S. Broadway Street, and then pulled away from the stop sign, before his car was hit on the front by the right front passenger side of the semi. Jones told police he didn’t see the semi before pulling out into the intersection.

Jones, and the driver of the semi, 48-year-old David Lee Rydberg, of Essex, were checked-out by medics, but refused transport to the hospital. The car was a total loss. Damage to the semi was estimated at $2,000. Red Oak Police issued Wallace Jones a written warning for Failure to Yield to a Passing Vehicle.