TWO INJURED IN ACCIDENT

DEXTER -- Two people suffered serious injuries Wednesday when two vehicles crashed at the intersection of Highways 60 and 153 about eight miles east of Dexter.

Justin McKinnie, 15, of Essex and Brenda Boon, 57, of Dexter were taken to Dexter Memorial Hospital after the 3:26 p.m. accident.

McKinnie was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Jennifer McKinnie, 17, of Essex. Boon was driving the other vehicle.

A Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman said the McKinnie vehicle was northbound on Highway 153 when it failed to yield and pulled into the path of the westbound Boon vehicle, which was traveling on Highway 60.