The Red Bud Fire Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Ames Road at Faust Road just west of Red Bud.

The MCSD accident report states that a 2018 Ford Explorer driven by Lindsey G. Dinning, 33, of Waterloo, was stopped on Faust Road facing east and while turning left onto Ames Road, she said the sun affected her sight. She was unable to see a 2023 Volkswagen Atlas driven by Todd J. Bair, 48, of Waterloo, traveling south on Ames Road, resulting in a collision.

Bair and a female passenger in his vehicle were transported by ambulance to Red Bud Regional Hospital. Dinning transported two juvenile passengers in her vehicle to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

All injuries were labeled as non-life-threatening, per police.