(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports a woman from Ringgold County was cited following a non-injury accident Friday afternoon. Authorities say a 2020 Jeep Cherokee driven by 74-year-old Sharon Kay Carr, of Mount Ayr, was traveling west on Highway 34 at around 4:35-p.m., Friday, when she ran a solid red light and proceeded into the intersection. Her SUV hit a 2002 Chevy pickup driven by 18-year-old John Hayes, of Red Oak, as he was traveling north on Highway 48, in Red Oak.

Hayes told police his light had turned yellow after he had already entered the intersection. Witnesses confirmed Carr had a red light and Hayes had a yellow light. Red Oak Police cited Sharon Carr for Failure to Yield to a traffic control device (Stoplight). Damage from the collision amounted to a police-estimated $12,000 altogether.