Crash on Route 158 ramp in Columbia

Columbia police, fire and EMS responded about 10:15 p.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle crash on the Route 158 northbound ramp onto Route 3.

The driver of a 2006 Chevrolet HHR, Ferris Mitchell, 47, of Belleville, complained of minor back pain on scene. He was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville.

Mitchell said he was driving west on Route 158 and took the ramp onto northbound Route 3 when his vehicle went off the roadway.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.
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