Jessica Belding, 20, of Mount Vernon was injured in a Saturday, Aug. 17 crash at 7:12 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy. 13 and Cottage Grove Parkway. Belding was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids for minor injuries by Area Ambulance Service.
According to Sgt. Devin Rinderknecht of the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Tauber, 17, Cedar Rapids, was eastbound on Cottage Grove Parkway in a blue Ford Escape and had begun to cross to proceed north on Hwy. 13. Tauber did not fully clear the Hwy. 13 southbound lanes and was struck by Belding in a white Chevrolet Equinox in the rear driver’s side quarter panel.
The Equinox remained in the traveled portion of the roadway, while the Escape came to rest on the far east shoulder of the road.
Linn County Sheriff Rescue 57 and West Bertram Fire Department also assisted at the scene of the crash. The crash remains under investigation by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.