Three Injured in Crash This Morning in Shumway

Three people were injured in a crash Monday morning in Shumway.

The crash occurred about 8am on Beecher Street and 800th Street.  

Effingham County sheriff's deputies report a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Layton Barnes of Shumway failed to yield at a stop intersection.  The Barnes pickup continued into the intersection and was struck by a SUV driven by 39-year-old Ginger Strauch of Beecher City.  The impact caused Barnes' pickup to overturn and both vehicles ended up in a ditch.

Barnes, Strauch and Strauch's passenger, 21-year-old Breeanna Strauch of Beecher City, were all injured and were taken to St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham.  Barnes was then airlifted to a Springfield hospital for additional treatment.

Arrest information in the crash is pending.

Shumway firefighters and Effingham City-County Ambulance Service assisted at the scene.