An accident Wednesday afternoon in Red Oak resulted in the driver of a van being issued a verbal warning for Unsafe Backing, and Failure to Yield while backing onto a highway. Red Oak Police say the accident happened at around 12:32-p.m., in the 100 block of W. Oak Street. A 2018 Ford transit van driven by 37-year-old Trevor Troy McAlpin, of Red Oak, was backing out of the Casey’s parking lot. A 2004 Dodge Stratus driven by 29-year-old Jodi Michelle Booher, of Shenandoah, was eastbound on W. Oak, when McAlpin backed the van onto the road, into the side of the Dodge.

Damage to the Transit van, registered to a Red Oak heating and cooling company, was estimated at $9,000. The Dodge sustained $4,000 damage. No injuries were reported.