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Missouri woman injured during a collision in Mills County, Wed. morning

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October 31st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

An accident in Mills County early this (Wednesday) morning, resulted in a woman from Missouri being transported to a hospital in Council Bluffs. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 80-year old Audrey Brooks, of Kansas City, MO., was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital by Pacific Junction Rescue, following the accident that happened at around 3:30-a.m. on Interstate 29 at about mile marker 33.

Brooks was traveling northbound in the SOUTHbound lane of I-29 in a 2017 Honda. 25-year old Marcos Bautista-Ramirez, of Canton, GA., was traveling southbound on I-29 in a 2009 Toyota, when he noticed the wrong-way Honda. Bautista-Ramirez attempted to miss Brooks’ car, by swerving. In doing so, the left front side of his vehicle struck the left front of the Honda.

The Honda became disabled on the road during the collision, while the Toyota ended-up in the median.

In other news, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year old Nicole Jean Cronland, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Sarpy County, NE., on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear in court. Her bond was set at $10,000. And, at around 8:45-a.m. today (Wed.), 42-year old Steven Wayne Thompson, of Omaha, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE. Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. His bond was set at $6,000.