Southwest City residents injured in head-on collision on 43

Two Southwest City residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash 10 p.m. Sunday on MO 43, five miles north of Southwest City.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2001 Chevrolet 2500 driven by Drayton J. Terrill, 20, Anderson, attempted to overtake another vehicle, overcorrected and was struck head on by a 2007 Toyota Tacoma driven by Pedro Cejudo-Corona, 37, Southwest City.

Cejudo-Corona and a passenger, Mario Delpeno, 20, Southwest City, were treated to moderate injuries at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin.