(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports two separate, non-injury accidents occurred recently. At around 2:10-a.m. Sunday, a 2014 RAM 1500 SLT pickup truck driven by 31-year-old Tabetha Lynn Smith, of Red Oak, was driving westbound on E. Reed Street in Red Oak, and was talking to her brother after they left a bar. Smith told Police she wasn’t paying attention when her pickup struck a concrete flower box at the corner of N. 3rd and E. Reed Streets.

Smith said after she pulled over and legally parked, she and her brother picked up most of the truck parts and put them in the bed of the truck, before they left the scene. The pickup was considered a total loss, with damage estimated at $13,000. The City of Red Oak’s concrete flower box sustained $1,000 damage. No citations had been issued at the time of the Police report. Authorities noted however, that Smith’s failure to keep in the proper lane was a contributing factor to the accident.

And, at around 7-a.m. Friday, a two-vehicle accident happened in the 700 block of E. Sunset Avenue, in Red Oak, when an SUV backed out of a driveway and struck a legally parked 2020 Ford Fusion. Authorities say a 2016 Jeep Cherokee that involved in the collision, was driven by 66-year-old Rickey Dean Nease, of Red Oak. Police noted similar incidents involving Nease had happened before. Damage to the Jeep was estimated at $1,500. The Ford, owned by Fred Pilecki, of Red Oak, sustained $5,000 damage.

Authorities cited Nease for Failure to provide security against liability (Accident insurance).