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Red Oak woman arrested on a drug charge Tue. night

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June 2nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest at around 11:30-p.m. Tuesday, of 18-year-old Morgan Jo Bissell, of Red Oak. She was taken into custody for Possession of Marijuana/1st Offense, and, Interference with official acts. Bissell was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, and held in $1,000 bond.

Authorities said Tuesday, no injuries were reported following a collision that took place at around 8:50-a.m., Tuesday, at the intersection of N. 2nd and E. Maple Streets. Police said a 2004 Chevy pickup driven by 75-year-old Carroll Eugene Thuman, of Red Oak, was traveling south on N. 2nd Street and approaching the uncontrolled intersection with E. Maple, at the same time a 2002 Ford pickup driven by 25-year-old Jacob Daniel Orr, of Ft. Wayne, IN, was traveling eastbound on E. Maple. The Ford was registered to Lisa Gross, of Red Oak.

Police say Thuman failed to see Orr’s vehicle until it was too late. His pickup hit the Ford on the driver’s side rear door, causing Orr’s pickup to be pushed into the curb, where it broke off a large chunk of concrete before coming to rest partially in a yard. The Chevy pickup jumped the curb and hit a guy wire for a light pole, breaking the cable and the light pole wire. Thuman was cited for Failing to Yield to a vehicle on the right.

Both pickups were totaled in the crash.