Police in Red Oak, Monday, cited 29-year old Chelsea Joan Hale, of Red Oak, for Failure to Maintain Control. Additional charges are pending completion of an investigation. Hale was cited following a hit-and-run accident in the 1000 block of E. Valley Street. Witnesses told police that during the accident, which took place at around 3:45-p.m., Monday, a silver car had struck a power pole, which snapped-off. The car then drove away from the scene. Officers were able to locate the vehicle and driver – Chelsea Hale – and observed her 2015 VW Passat had sustained an estimated $5,000 damage. Damage to the Mid-American Energy power pole was estimated at $1,000.

Red Oak Police were assisted at the scene by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Red Oak Fire Department.