(Mt. Ayr, Iowa) – Officials with the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office report a man from Cass County escaped injury during a semi, tractor-trailer rollover accident Thursday morning. Authorities say 30-year-old Frank Saddlemire, of Atlantic, was driving a 2019 Kenworth semi southbound on Highway 169 at around 7:30-a.m., when the rig crossed the center line of the road.

Saddlemire over-corrected and spun, causing the semi to lose control and roll into the southbound ditch, facing north. There was disabling damage sustained to the truck and trailer owned by Atlantic Bottling Company in Atlantic, Iowa.

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*Any potential criminal charges identified above are merely allegations and any defendant are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. (Standard issue statement from Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office)