(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department says no injuries were reported following two separate collisions over the past couple of days. Authorities say just before 1-p.m. Thursday, a collision at the intersection of Broadway and Corning Streets in Red Oak, caused a total of $1,500 damage. According to the report, a 2015 International dump truck equipped with a plow and owned by Montgomery County, was behind a 2023 Nissan Rogue SUV driven by 70-year-old Julie Ann Wirth, of Red Oak. Both vehicles were stopped at the red light, waiting to continue south on Broadway Street.

The driver of the truck, 29-year-old Xavier Smith, of Villisca, told police the light turned green and he started to move forward, but then noticed the SUV was not moving. He tried to steer the truck away from the SUV in order to avoid a collision, when he realized he could not stop in-time. The plow attachment on the truck struck the right rear taillight of the SUV, causing minor damage.

The other accident happened at around 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at 1st and Nuckols Streets, in Red Oak. Authorities say a 1995 Ford Bronco driven by 16-year-old Kendelyne Bartlett, of Stanton, was traveling south on 1st Street through the uncontrolled intersection, when the SUV was hit by a 2016 Ford F-150 pickup, driven by 21-year-old Jayden Ryan Archer, of Red Oak, as he was traveling east on Nuckols Street. Damage from the collision amounted to $8,000 altogether, according to the report.

No citations were issued in those accidents.