Head-on accident near Waterloo sends three to hospital

A head-on crash early Friday morning near Waterloo sent three people to the hospital.

Police were called to the accident on Illinois 156 near Fountain Creek Ridge Lane at 1:18 a.m., according to Trooper Doug Hays.

There, he said, officers discovered a man driving a Honda convertible east crossed over the center lane and crashed head-on with a Ford Escape traveling west.

The driver of the Honda was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Louis, Hays said. His passenger, a woman, was flown to Barnes Jewish Hospital where she underwent surgery Friday morning.

The driver of the Ford Escape was taken to a hospital, but Hays said that man did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

“They called in the reconstruction team,” Hays said, adding that road troopers usually handle accident investigations unless those accidents require extensive investigation such as this one.

This story was originally published December 29, 2017 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Head-on accident near Waterloo sends three to hospital."