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Injury accident reported in Mills County

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July 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says two people were transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs Sunday afternoon, following an accident on Interstate 29. Officials say a 2006 Chevy driven by Taw Htoo, of Crete, NE, was traveling north on I-29 at around 3:40-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control, cross the median and southbound lanes of traffic and overturned into a drainage ditch. Htoo, and a passenger in the car, Lay Moo, were transported to the hospital by Pacific Junction Rescue. A third person in the car was not hurt. The accident remains under investigation.

Earlier that same day, a 2004 Jeep driven by Barbara Richards, of Emerson, was turning into a parking area on the west side of the library in Emerson, when the vehicle jumped a curb and hit the west side of the building. No injuries were reported.

And, Saturday afternoon, a 2008 Chevy driven by David Gray, of Council Bluffs, was traveling south on 221st Street in Mills County, when the vehicle went out of control about one-quarter of a mile south of Abbey Road. The car hit a road sign and entered the west ditch. There were no injuries reported.