Vehicle crash on Route 3

Republic-Times- September 15, 2021

A medical issue looks to be the cause of a crash on Route 3 in Monroe County at midnight on Sunday.

A passenger in a 2006 Ford Ranger driven by Scott E. Hojnacki, 43, told police that the driver lost consciousness, causing the northbound vehicle to cross over the southbound lane of traffic and enter into a bean field on the west side of Route 3.

The driver was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis County.

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