Jo Daviess County Crash

A Galena man was taken to an area hospital after a two-vehicle crash on Thursday morning. The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office reports that 47-year-old Christopher Garza was transported by ambulance to Midwest Medical Center in Galena for treatment. Authorities say the crash happened about 6:30a on Highway 84 at its intersection with High Ridge Road. Garza was in the northbound lane and stopped in traffic, waiting to turn left, when his vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle – being driven by 19-year-old Caitlyn Schueller of Durango (Iowa). She was cited with failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.