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Woman reaches for an item in her glove box and crashes into a tree

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November 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported after a woman traveling on E. Corning Street Wednesday afternoon, took her eyes off the road and ended-up crashing into a tree. 69-year old Linda Ann Olsen, of Red Oak, told police that she looked down and reached into her glove box for just a second, and when she looked back up, her 2007 Nissaan Murano had crossed the center line of the road. The SUV drove over a curb and struck a tree in the 11-hundred block of E. Corning Street. Damage from the accident amounted to $5,000. No citations were issued.