Thursday morning crashes in Columbia

Columbia police were busy Thursday morning responding to two separate crashes, neither of which resulted in injury.

The first crash occurred at about 5:30 a.m. on Route 3 at West Park Drive involving a Red-E-Mix tractor-trailer driven by Donald Means, 58, of Belleville, and a 2011 Chevy Cruze driven by Jacqueline Kostner, 41, of Waterloo. Police said Kostner turned onto Route 3 from West Park and struck the side of the Red-E-Mix truck. She was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

The next crash occurred at about 8 a.m. at the intersection of Legion and Main streets. A 2009 Nissan Rogue driven by Lyudmila Aksan, 46, of Columbia, struck the rear of a 2008 Honday Odyssey van driven by Brandy Nelson, 40, of Columbia. Aksan was cited for unlawfully wearing a headset while driving.

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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