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One person complained of neck pain following a collision that happened a little after 1-p.m. today (Wednesday), just west of 7th and Plum Streets. Atlantic Police Lt. Devin Hogue told KJAN News, a non-contact semi was traveling east on 7th, and slowed for traffic waiting at the stop light, and to allow a Buick passenger car to exit a parking lot near Brown Electric.

The driver of the car proceeded to cross the eastbound lane in an attempt to turn left (west) onto 7th, when his car was struck by a GMC that was eastbound in the turning lane, in advance of turning north at the intersection, to enter the Orschelns parking lot.

A passenger in the Buick was transported to CCMH to be checked out. No names were released. The accident remained under investigation.

Medivac Ambulance was called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident this (Wednesday) afternoon, near 7th and Plum Streets, across from Orscheln’s.  Early indications are one person was injured in the collision that happened around 1:06-p.m.. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Atlantic Police were also on the scene. Currently, no other details are available.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a $4.9 million jury verdict awarded to a Texas woman after she fell outside an eastern Iowa hotel on an icy sidewalk. The court in its ruling Wednesday rejected arguments by Marriott International that the jury’s 2018 verdict was excessive and the result of jury prejudice against the corporation. The lawsuit was filed by Brenda Alcala, a software consultant for Genesis Health Systems. She was staying at the Bettendorf Courtyard by Marriott in January 2010 when she slipped on ice and broke an ankle.

The appeals court ruling affirms a district judge’s decision that the verdict was supported by the evidence. It’s the second time the case has been before Iowa appellate courts. In 2016 the Iowa Supreme Court threw out a $1.2 million verdict from the first trial in 2014 and ordered a new trial over errors in jury instructions. The court’s ruling on Wednesday upholds the higher verdict from the second trial held in 2018.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report a Nebraska man was arrested early Tuesday morning, following a pursuit. Authorities say 41-year-old Jacob Tuttle, of Omaha, was driving a stolen 2013 Nissan on 195^th Street at 75 mph in a 55 mph zone at around 2-a.m. When law enforcement attempted to pull the vehicle over, Tuttle attempted to elude them. During the pursuit, speeds reached in excess of 100-mph while the chase was northbound on 195^th Street. When Tuttle approached the intersection of 195^th Street and Bunge Avenue, he failed to make the turn. The vehicle entered the north ditch and came to rest in a field north of the ditch. No injuries were reported.

The vehicle had been reported stolen from Omaha on November 24^th. Tuttle was taken into custody on numerous charges, including: Theft in the 2nd Degree; Eluding; A Controlled Substance Violation; OWI 1st offense; Felon in Possession of Firearm; Interference with Official Acts; Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia; Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device; Failure to Maintain Control; Speeding and having No Valid Driver’s License. He was being held in the Mills County Jail on $50,000 bond.

And, one person was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital Tuesday afternoon, following an accident on Highway 275, in Mills County. A 1991 International dump truck driven by 57-year old Clay Moore, of Omaha, was northbound on Highway 275 at around 3:40-p.m., when the dual axle of the truck came off the vehicle and struck a southbound 2015 Mitsubishi driven by 33-year old Jamie Flora, of Pacific Junction. Flora was transported to the hospital by Tabor Rescue, for treatment of suspected, minor injuries.