Collision sends teen to hospital | News

A Region 8 teen was injured in a two-car collision Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened at 2:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 160, two miles south of Willard, Missouri.

Trooper S. P. Richardson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 18-year-old Maddelyne Corrales of Mission Viejo, CA, was southbound when her 1997 Honda Civic traveled into the path of 1999 Ford Explorer driven by 16-year-old Taylor M. Ross of Springfield, MO.

Corrales and her passenger, 19-year-old Ashley Farris of Mountain Home, were taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield with moderate injuries.

Trooper Richardson said both vehicles sustained extensive damage.

All three women were wearing seat belts.