The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says an Atlantic man was charged with OWI/1st offense, following an investigation into a single-vehicle, property damage accident near Lewis, Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 4:12-p.m.  Authorities say 67-year old Joseph Francis Emert was traveling on Highway 6 at the At&T curve, when he failed to negotiate the curve and lost control of his vehicle. The car went into the south ditch and came to rest upright near a building site. No injuries were reported.

Emert was being held on a $1,000 bond in the Cass County Jail, pending an appearance in front of the magistrate.