(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and a non-injury accident.
Rex Dean McDermott, 53, of Atlantic, was arrested Friday for Public Intoxication. He was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on $300 bond.
On Saturday, at 2:47 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office responded to a one-vehicle accident on I-80. A 2021 Freightliner driven by 24-year-old Hassan Abdirahman Yahye, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was westbound on I-80 in a construction zone when the vehicle took evasive action to avoid a motorcycle and ended up in the median, coming to rest against the steel cable barrier. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $14,000; damage to the steel barrier is estimated at $1,000. No citations were issued.
