Three injured in Monday night crash north of Jackson

A Grand Tower, Ill., woman sustained 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 took place around 8 p.m. four miles north of Jackson. The patrol said Betty J. Prosser, 20, of Grand Tower, was injured when she turned left out of a private drive on U.S. 61 and into the path of another vehicle. Larry D. Blevins, 40, of Jackson, the driver of the other vehicle, sustained moderate injuries from the crash when Prosser failed to yield to him, the patrol said. Prosser's passenger, Jesika N. Butler, 17, of Cape Girardeau, also sustained moderate injuries in the crash.

-- From staff reports