One injured in car-tanker collision

GLADSTONE — A Gladstone woman was taken to the hospital after her vehicle collided with a fuel tanker Saturday afternoon.

Gladstone Public Safety officers say the incident happened shortly after 1:15 p.m. on US-2 and 41 north of Delta Avenue. A fuel tanker carrying gas was stopped at a railroad crossing when it was rear-ended by the northbound car of the 34-year-old Gladstone woman.

The woman was transported to OSF St. Francis Hospital. The driver of the tanker, a 46-year-old man from De Pere, Wisconsin, was not injured.

The accident is still under investigation.