(Red Oak, IA) – The Red Oak Police Department reports no one was injured during a collision Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say 89-year-old Nicholas Couse, of Red Oak, was leaving the parking lot of the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital at around Noon on Tuesday. He looked, but failed to see an approaching SUV driven by 18-year-old Thomas Wilcoxen, of Red Oak, that was traveling east on Senate Avenue.

When Couse pulled-out of the parking to turn left onto Senate Avenue, his car struck the SUV broadside behind the front tire. Both drivers denied injury. Damage from the collision amounted to a police-estimated $3,000 altogether. Both vehicles were driven away from the scene. Red Oak Police cited Couse for Failure to Yield Upon Entering a Highway/Street.