FESTUS, MO – A 71-year-old man was injured after he rear-ended another vehicle Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 1 p.m. at the intersection of Meyer Road and U.S. Highway 67 when a 2011 Hyundai Elantra was stopped at a traffic light.
The driver of a 2002 Toyota Sienna, 71-year-old Gary L. Ellis, of Festus, did not notice the vehicle in time to stop, and the front end of the Sienna collided with the back end of the Elantra, driven by 52-year-old St. Louis man Ronald C. Byington.
Ellis was taken to Mercy Jefferson Hospital with minor injuries. He and Byington were both wearing their seatbelts when the crash happened.
Both vehicles were extensively damaged in the collision.
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