Three Cassville, Exeter residents, including 4-year-old, taken to Freeman, Mercy following head-on collision near Wheaton

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle collision 12:20 p.m. Sunday on Route A, three miles west of Wheaton in Newton County.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2005 Pontiac G6 driven by Shad J. Turner, 48, Cassville, was on the wrong side of the roadway. A 2002 Buick Regal driven by Jennifer L. Epperson, 31, Exeter, came over the hillcrest and swerved in an effort to avoid a collision.

The Turner vehicle also swerved and the two vehicles collided head on.

Epperson and a passenger in her vehicle, a four-year-old girl, were treated for serious injuries at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin.

Turner was treated for serious injuries at Mercy Hospital, Joplin.