Saturday morning crash in Waterloo

Pictured is the crash scene Saturday morning on Route 3. (Kermit Constantine photo)

Police, fire and EMS personnel responded about 6:30 a.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle crash requiring extrication on Route 3 south of Vandebrook Drive in Waterloo.

The vehicles involved were a Chevy Equinox driven by Jordan R. Knight, 21, of Red Bud, and a black pickup truck driven by Martin Kramer, 63, of Imperial, Mo., which was pulling a boat. The car was traveling north on Route 3 and the truck was traveling south.

Route 3 was closed in both directions as personnel tended to the crash and extricated the driver from the car, with traffic diverted onto old Red Bud Road. Route 3 was reopened to traffic shortly after 9 a.m.

Knight was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis County for treatment of unspecified injuries.

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