Three people are seriously injured in a weekend crash near Mount Vernon, Missouri.

 45 year old Dustin Guthrie, 41 year old Ashley Wise, and a 16 year old passenger all of Joplin, suffered serious injuries on Saturday when the pick up truck they were in left the roadway on I-44. The truck went down an embankment and into a creek bed under the interstate.

All three were taken to a Springfield Hospital for treatment.