A four vehicle crash shut down I-229 Tuesday morning and sent one woman to the hospital with a minor injury.

Emergency crews responded around 6:57 a.m. after the crash which caused northbound I-229 from 36 Highway to Edmond St. to be shutdown for around an hour.

The St. Joseph Police Department said Summer Gregory, 18 of Easton was driving a Honda Accord northbound when she slid on the slick roads and hit both sides of the concrete wall, bounced off one and then hit another then she was hit from behind by another car causing a four vehicle crash.

The second vehicle a Ford Expedition driven by Blas Hinojos, 43 of St. Joseph hit Gregory’s.  Hinojos passenger, Maria Loya, 41 was transported to Mosaic Life Care by ambulance for treatment of what police described as a minor shoulder injury.

The third vehicle involved in the wreck was a Chevy Impala driven by Michelle Cordonnier, 52 of Faucett.  Mary Wuerfele, 34 of Easton was driving a Chevy Cobalt.  Police said neither of them were injured however all of the vehicles had to be towed from the scene.

Gregory was issued a ticket for driving too fast for road condition and Hinojos was issued a ticket for no proof of insurance.  The Missouri Department of Transportation was called out to salt the roadway.