Crash on Route 3 south of Waterloo
Emergency personnel responded shortly before 8 p.m. Friday to a two-vehicle crash with injury on Route 3 near Old Red Bud Road south of Waterloo. The vehicles involved were a white Ford Focus and green Ford Ranger pickup, which ended up about 75 yards off the roadway in a field. Illinois State Police said a white Ford Focus driven by Jarrod D. Grimes, 28, of Red Bud, pulled out of the parking lot of Route 3 Bar & Grill onto southbound Route 3, coming into the path of a northbound Ford Ranger driven by Lea Hartz, 30, of Springfield. Hartz was transported to Red Bud Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. A passenger in her truck, Edward Calloway, 30, of Springfield, was not injured. Grimes was arrested for DUI.
Pictured is the car involved in Friday’s crash on Route 3 near Kaskaskia Road south of Waterloo. (Alan Dooley photo)The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Monroe County EMS and Waterloo Fire Department responded to the crash along with Illinois State Police.