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Marne man injured in single-vehicle accident Wed. morning

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September 17th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A Cass County man was injured during an accident that took place at around 5-a.m., Wednesday. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 22-year old Dakota Lee Sandbothe, of Marne, was driving a 1993 Dodge D-250 pickup northbound on Highway 83/M47 at around 5-a.m., when the vehicle went off the road just before Teakwood Road, in Pottawattamie County. The truck hit an embankment, jumped over Teakwood Road and landed in the northeast ditch.

Sandbothe was trapped in the pickup and had to be freed by mechanical means. He complained of pain and possible injury, and was transported by Walnut Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. Deputies cited Sandbothe for Failure to Maintain Control of his vehicle. Damage to his pickup was estimated at $5,000.