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3 seriously injured in a rollover accident in Lewis Monday night

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June 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Three people were injured during a rollover accident late Monday night, in Lewis. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies, along with Cass County EMS, Griswold Rescue and Lewis Rescue, were dispatched at around 11:24-p.m. to a motor vehicle rollover on California Street in Lewis.  Officials say a 2005 Ford Explorer driven 20-year-old Ayden Rossell, of Lewis was westbound on California Street, when the SUV went out of control. It rolled several times and came to rest in the south ditch.

Rossell was transported to Cass County Memorial Hospital by Griswold Rescue and later transported to an Omaha hospital by Cass County EMS.  A passenger in the vehicle, 26-year-old Thomas Bruning, of Clarinda was transported to Cass County Memorial Hospital by Cass County EMS and later airlifted to an Omaha hospital by Life Net 13.  Another passenger in the vehicle, 18-year-old Sophia Shupe, of Council Bluffs, was airlifted from the scene by Life Flight 3 to an Omaha hospital.

The accident remains under investigation by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office