2 weekend accidents in Cass County
July 8th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Atlantic, Iowa) [updated] – Rescue crews from Anita and Griswold responded to separate accidents over the weekend, in Cass County (IA). Sunday evening, a single-vehicle rollover accident was reported on westbound Interstate 80, just east of mile marker 70. Anita Rescue was called to the scene, where a woman in the vehicle complained of chest pain following the crash that occurred at around 5:20-p.m. Additional information was not immediately available.
And, a single-vehicle accident happened at around 8:55-p.m., Sunday, on Highway 92, west of Griswold. According to a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office accident report, an eastbound 2020 Kia driven by Daniel Paul Rossell, of Griswold, was crossing the Nishnabotna Bridge on Highway 92, when Rossell swerved to miss a tree branch on the roadway. The branch was deposited on the road during a recent storm. The car went out of control, entered the south embankment, vaulted a driveway in the yard of 53823 Highway 92, and rolled over, coming to rest in the yard at that location.
A passenger, 52-year-Jody Rossell, was injured in the crash. She3 was transported by private vehicle to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, for treatment.