Three injured in Monday night crash north of Jackson

A Grand Tower, Ill., woman received serious injuries and a Cape Girardeau teenager and Jackson man received moderate injuries in a crash Monday night on U.S. 61, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The crash happened around 8 p.m., four miles north of Jackson. The patrol reported Betty J. Prosser, 20, of Grand Tower, sustained serious injuries when she pulled left out of a private drive on U.S. 61 and into the path of another vehicle.

Larry D. Blevins, 40, of Jackson, driver of the other vehicle, sustained moderate injuries from the crash when Prosser failed to yield to him.

Prosser's passenger, Jesika N. Butler, 17, of Cape Girardeau, also sustained moderate injuries in the crash.

All three were taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center.