One person suffered a laceration to their hand, during a collision Wednesday evening near the Atlantic Fire Station on southwest 7th Street. The collision occurred at around 5:07-p.m. Cass EMS and Atlantic Fire and Rescue responded to the scene. Both lanes of traffic – east and west bound – were blocked for about 20-minutes.

According to Atlantic Police Lt. Devin Hogue, the driver of a 2021 Chevy 2500 pickup was attempting to pull out onto southwest 7th Street from 1307 southwest 7th, when they failed to see an approaching southbound 2004 Grand Am. The two vehicles collided in the middle of the highway.

Cass EMS transported the driver of the Grand-AM to Cass Health for treatment of possible minor injuries. The pickup driver wasn’t injured. The accident remains under investigation. More details will be released on Thursday.