The Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) released information about an accident that happened Saturday afternoon. Authorities say deputies responded just after 1-p.m. to a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 eastbound at the 69.5-mile marker. The initial dispatch said the vehicle was on-fire. An investigation determined 35-year old John Tei, of Des Moines, was driving a 2004 Olds Alero westbound on I-80 when the vehicle went out of control, entered the median and flipped twice. No injuries were reported.

Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $5,000. Tei was cited with Failure to Maintain Control, Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance, and Operation of a vehicle without Registration Card or Plate. Later that day, at 7:16 p.m., Tei was arrested while walking at the 66 mile marker westbound. He was taken into custody on I-80 for Public Intoxication, brought to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance.