Three people from southwest Iowa were hurt during a collision Tuesday evening in Taylor County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2005 Pontiac Grand Am driven by 19-year old Konner Ray Martin, of New Market, was traveling east on Highway 2 at around 6-p.m., when the car crossed the centerline of the road and collided with a westbound 2014 Toyota Highlander SUV, driven by 61-year old Jean Ann Minor, of Clarinda.

Both vehicles ended up in opposite ditches. Both drivers – who were wearing their seat belts – and a passenger in one of the vehicles, 18-year old Sophia Alezandra Groumoutis, of Creston, were injured. Martin and Minor were transported by Clarinda EMS to the Clarinda Hospital. Groumoutis, who was not wearing a seat belt, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha.

The crash remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Taylor and Page County Sheriff’s Offices, Clarinda and New Market EMS, and LifeNet.