CENTRALIA, IL – A two-vehicle collision in downtown Centralia Monday morning sent one of the drivers to the hospital, according to WJBD.
The accident took place in the vicinity of Elm Street and E Broadway at about 8:30 a.m. According to police, a driver who was stopped at a red light at the intersection was struck from behind by a another vehicle.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 60-year-old Centralia woman, was taken by ambulance SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. She was issued a ticket for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
The driver of the vehicle that was rear-ended, a 23-year-old man from Centralia, was not injured in the incident.
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