Crash on Main Street in T-Town Injures One

A Teutopolis teenager was injured in a crash on Main Street in T-Town shortly after midnight Saturday morning.

Effingham County Sheriff's Department reports a vehicle driven by 17-year-old Clint Koester was eastbound on Main Street, or Route 40, at 12:40am. The vehicle crossed the center line into the westbound lane, left the roadway and struck a utility pole.

Koester was taken to HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham. He was cited for improper lane usage.