Teen, 91-year-old woman from Chester, Ill. killed in Perryville wreck

Two Chester, Illinois, residents died in a crash involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer Tuesday in Perry County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Killed were the driver of the car, Kara Knop, 17, and a passenger, Georgia Lindenberg, 90, the patrol said.

The truck driver, Kyle Salyers, 26, of Eddyville, Kentucky, suffered minor injuries, the patrol said. He was taken by ambulance to Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri.

The incident happened at 2:20 p.m. on Highway 51 at Quarry Road, the patrol said.

The truck was southbound and the car was northbound on Highway 51 at the time of the crash, according to the patrol. The passenger vehicle crossed the centerline and struck the tractor trailer, the patrol said.