Columbia EMS and police responded shortly before 9 a.m. Monday to the report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the 300 block of South Main Street. The incident occurred in front of the former Immaculate Conception Church.

Police said a 2011 Dodge minivan driven by Melinda Cole, 83, of Columbia, was traveling south on Main Street when her vehicle struck 67-year-old pedestrian Richard Burroughs in the crosswalk.

Cole was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Burroughs was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis County. There was no immediate word on the extent of his injuries.