Injury crash on Route 159 south of Hecker

Corey Saathoff- February 2, 2015

Police, fire and EMS personnel responded to a single vehicle crash with entrapment and injury on Route 159 about one mile north of LL Road near Red Bud at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

An ARCH Air Medical Services helicopter was dispatched to the scene to airlift one person to a St. Louis hospital.

Illinois State Police investigated the crash. No other information is immediately available.

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.