(Weekend News) – One person suffered what were described as suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries during a collision Friday afternoon, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, a 2013 Yamaha moped operated by 42-year-old Nicklaus Lynn Jackson, of Red Oak, was stopped on 1st Avenue at a stop sign, facing east, waiting to turn onto Broadway Street. Jackson looked, by did not see a 2013 Chrysler van driven by 69-year-old Craig Willard Nielsen, of Red Oak, traveling south on Broadway Street.

When the moped turned onto Broadway Street, Nielsen swerved into the middle lane to avoid striking the moped, but the collision occurred, resulting in injuries to Jackson. The accident happened at around 3:05-p.m., Friday. Jackson did not require transportation to the hospital. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.

Nicklaus Jackson was given a written warning for Failing to Yield/Obey a Stop Sign. Red Oak Police noted that a construction area just north of the accident scene in the Casey’s parking lot, slightly protruding into the roadway, that vehicles must move over to avoid, and which may have obstructed Jackson’s vision.