A minor collision resulted in an injured passenger Tuesday afternoon.
Just before 2 p.m., McMinnville Police Department Officer Shawn Green and emergency personnel were dispatched to the section of North Chancery Street in front of the old Rite Aid location for a wreck with injury.
At the scene, a black Ford Explorer driven by Calvin York, 79, of McMinnville was traveling northbound when it was rear-ended by a white Toyota Four Runner operated by Abby Dixon, 26, also of McMinnville. The conditions of the vehicles were reportedly consistent with this version of events.
According to a report given to Green by Dixon, she had reached over to answer a hands-free call when her foot slipped off the brake pedal and her vehicle rolled forward, coming into contact with York’s.
Green explained severe damages to the vehicles were avoided but a suspected injury was sustained by York’s passenger and daughter Candy, 47. Candy was transported via ambulance to Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital with a chief complaint of pain in her neck and back.
No citations have been issued at this time and neither vehicle was disabled by the collision.