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3 accidents Wednesday in Cass County, no injuries reported

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January 27th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were busy Wednesday, covering numerous accidents. At around 12:45-a.m., deputies responded to a report of a skid steer colliding with parked vehicles near Clark and 4th Streets in Griswold. Authorities say a 2012 Bobcat Skid Steer tractor owned and driven by 33-year old Landon Rex Preston, of Griswold, was northbound on Clark Street when the bucket of the steer began to come loose, causing the skid steer and bucket to strike two vehicles in a driveway: A 1998 Chevy pickup owned by Titus Wayne Jackson, and a 2013 Ford pickup owned by Jessica Renee Jackson. The vehicles sustained a total of $4,500 damage. No injuries were reported.

At around 8-a.m. Wednesday, Cass County deputies responded to a report of a one-vehicle accident on White Pole Road. Officials say a 1997 International 4700 driven by 32-year old Paul T. Murphy, of Omaha, was eastbound on White Pole Road west of 542nd Street, when the vehicle was pulled off the road by the snowy conditions. It went into the southbound ditch and came to rest in a field. Murphy denied medical assistance was needed at the time of the wreck. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $3,000.

And, a little after Noon on Wednesday, a single-vehicle accident happened on Highway 173 in Cass County. Officials say a 2016 Chevy Equinox driven by 59-year old Roger Berry Fleener, of Des Moines, was northbound on Highway 173 when Fleener lost control due to the snowy roadway. The SUV entered the west ditch and sustained $5,000 damage. No injuries were reported.