Injury crash north of Columbia

Emergency personnel responded about 11:20 a.m. Monday to a two-vehicle crash in the area of 2274 Imbs Station Road in rural St. Clair County.

Responding agencies included the Columbia Fire Department, Columbia EMS and St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department.

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department said that upon arrival, police found a gold 2003 Ford Explorer off the road with a male subject, Robert Joergensen, 40, of Belleville, sitting in the driver seat. Also involved was a black 2010 Ford F-550 dump truck that had a trailer attached.

Joergensen was traveling east bound on Imbs Station Road and could not stop when the dump truck was turning into the driveway of 2274 Imbs Station Road, striking the rear of the trailer. Joergensen complained of leg and arm pain from the accident. Columbia EMS transported Joergensen to Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis County.

 The driver of the dump truck was Benjamin Busby, 71, of East Carondelet.

Joergensen was issued citations failure to reduce speed to avoid accident, expired registration and no insurance.

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