Emergency personnel responded about 9:40 a.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 3 northbound just south of Veterans Parkway near Columbia High School.

The vehicles involved pulled over to the side of the road following the collision. Minor injuries were reported.

Police said a 2011 Nissan Maxima driven by Sean O’Brien, 39, of Columbia, struck the rear of a 2014 Honda sedan driven by Wilbert Kraemer, 69, of East Carondelet, which had stopped in traffic. Two passengers in Kraemer’s car, Linda Kraemer, 67, of East Carondelet, and Donald Riddle, 68, of Granite City, were both transported to Belleville Memorial Hospital for precautionary reasons.

O’Brien was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.