JACKSON, Mo. -- Two Millersville, Mo., youths sustained moderate injuries in a collision Monday afternoon near Jackson.
Driver Jessica Leadbetter, 16, and her passenger, Blake Leadbetter, 12, were taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the 3:31 p.m. accident on Highway 72, west of Jackson. The driver of the other vehicle, Janet Nickelson, 50, of Jackson was not injured. Jessica Leadbetter was issued a summons for following too closely.
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