JEFFERSON CITY — A 77-year-old man from Rockwood, Illinois received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Monday afternoon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was taken to Memorial Hospital in Chester by a Mercy Perry ambulance.
The patrol says the crash happened when the Rockwood man stopped his northbound 2002 Ford Ranger due to traffic congestion and was hit in the rear by a 2024 Ford Transit driven by a 21-year-old Jerseyville, Illinois man.
Both vehicles had minor damage. The Transit was driven from the scene. The Ranger was towed by Perry County Towing.
Both drivers were buckled up.
The crash happened south of Perry County Road 944.