(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident that took place at around 10:14-a.m., Saturday.  The accident happened at 270th Street and Highway 48. The report says when deputies arrived, they found a 2011 Ford Fusion owned by Todd Owens, of Clarinda, that had sustained significant damage. The vehicle was located in the northwest ditch.

Deputies learned 18-year-old Connor A. Owens, of Clarinda, was driving the Ford northbound on Highway 48 behind a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup.  When the pickup, driven by 18-year-old Bennett Johnson, of Red Oak, began to slow to turn west onto 270th Street, it was hit from behind by the Ford. Following the collision, the Ford entered the northwest ditch and struck and sheared-off an Iowa Department of Transportation signpost, before coming to rest.

Owens told authorities his brakes failed and that he attempted to engage the parking brake just before his vehicle collided with the right rear of the pickup. Damage from the accident amounted to $6,000 altogether, including to the sign post.