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Update: SUV crashes into a ditch at Lake Anita – 2 injured

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July 14th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Cass County have released additional details about an accident at Lake Anita Sunday evening that resulted in two people being injured. As we reported on KJAN.com News Sunday, Anita and Wiota Fire and Rescue personnel and Cass County Deputies responded to the scene.

Authorities say 41-year old Curtis Dow Baldwin, of Anita, was driving a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer that went out of control, entered a ditch and hit several trees before coming to rest near the Ranger’s station west of the entrance to Lake Anita, just after 6:45-p.m.

Baldwin and his passenger, 40-year old Ryan Lavin, of Lansing, IL, were injured and transported by ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic by Anita Fire and Rescue. Baldwin was  cited for OWI/3rd offense and Driving While Barred, while Lavin was cited for allowing an unauthorized person to drive a vehicle. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $5,000.