City Vehicle in Accident on Lake Saint Louis Boulevard

UPDATE: City Administrator Paul Markworth has confirmed to Lake Saint Louis Patch that Mark Christensen, a city building inspector, was injured in the accident yesterday. He was taken to St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles to be examined and was later released. The St. Charles County sheriff's department is investigating the accident since it involved a city vehicle.

A two-vehicle accident on Lake Saint Louis Boulevard sent one person to the hospital, St. Charles County W.O.R.L.D.S. reported yesterday.

The accident, which took place around 4:20 p.m. near the Bent Oak Apartment complex, involved a city code enforcement vehicle.

Traffic backed up, and Lake Saint Louis resident Richard Shoaf and his wife were returning home when they came upon the accident. Shoaf, who is a photographer, shot several views of the cars and emergency vehicles involved.

"LSL PD was on the scene with a flat-bed tow truck," Shoaf said in an email to Patch. "It did not seem that anyone at that time needed aid so we continued past the accident. As we did we noticed that one of the vehicles involved was from LSL Code Enforcement. Our GPS  showed a 10 minute delay of traffic on our route home. Both vehicles looked to be heavy damage however it did not seem to penetrate the passenger compartment. LSL Police had the accident and traffic caused by it well in hand."

Lake Saint Louis Patch will post an update as soon as more information becomes available.