(Updated 3/24/22) – Police in Red Oak, Wednesday evening (March 23rd), arrested a man for OWI/1st offense, following an investigation into a property damage accident. Authorities said the incident occurred at around 7:45-p.m. in the 400 block of East Reed Street, at Fountain Square Park. The driver of the suspect vehicle, identified as 67-year-old Randal Joe Barr, of Red Oak, was located at the intersection of 2nd and Prospect Street, along with a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup.

The pickup sustained an estimated $6,000 damage. Barr was checked for injuries by Red Oak Rescue personnel, but was not to have been injured. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, and held on $1,000 bond.

The City of Red Oak sustained an estimated $5,000 in damages to multiple city-owned objects at Fountain Square Park, and, a Chevy Malibu, registered to Russell Skellenger, of Red Oak, was broad-sided, sustaining about $1,000 in damage during the incident. The car was parked in the 700 block of N. 2nd Street, when it was struck.