Crash on Route 3 south of Waterloo

Pictured is the truck involved in Friday’s crash outside Route 3 Bar & Grill south of Waterloo. (Alan Dooley photo)

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash with injury on Route 3 near Old Red Bud Road south of Waterloo. The vehicles involved were a white Ford Focus and green Ford Ranger pickup, which ended up about 75 yards off the roadway in a field. Illinois State Police said a white Ford Focus driven by Jarrod D. Grimes, 28, of Red Bud, pulled out of the parking lot of Route 3 Bar & Grill onto southbound Route 3, coming into the path of a northbound Ford Ranger driven by Lea Hartz, 30, of Springfield. Hartz was transported to Red Bud Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. A passenger in her truck, Edward Calloway, 30, of Springfield, was not injured. Grimes was arrested for DUI.

Pictured is the car involved in Friday’s crash on Route 3 near Kaskaskia Road south of Waterloo. (Alan Dooley photo)

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Monroe County EMS and Waterloo Fire Department responded to the crash along with Illinois State Police.

 

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Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.
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