WEST ALTON, MO – An 18-year-old driver failed to stop at a stop sign at US-67 and Riverlands Drive and caused a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday night.
Police report Jamiah Cole, of Houston, was traveling eastbound on Riverlands Drive in a 2015 Nissan Altima. She ran a stop sign at the intersection of northbound US-67. Her Nissan collided with a 2009 Mazda 5, driven by 37-year-old Jennifer N. Waters.
Waters, of Godfrey, IL, was transported to Alton Memorial Hospital for minor injuries.
Both vehicles sustained minor damages.
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