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The Marion County Sheriff’s Department reports a two vehicle crash at Route 37 and the Kell Road occurred on Saturday afternoon when a pickup truck waiting to make a left turn was hit in the rear by a car.

Reports indicate the driver of the car, 76-year-old Marilyn McPheeters of East Violet Road in Mt. Vernon, was unable to stop in time to avoid the pickup waiting to turn driven by 39-year-old Benjamin Cates of South Pruyn Street in Salem. McPheeters ran off the side of the road trying to avoid a crash and came to rest on a culvert.

McPheeters was taken to SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon for treatment of injuries. Cates was not hurt.

Kell Firemen were called to assist at the scene of the crash that occurred at 1:03 Saturday afternoon.