3 injured in Interstate 55 crash Wednesday
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A single-vehicle crash resulted in injuries for three people early Wednesday in New Madrid County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred at 7:03 a.m. on southbound Interstate 55 at the 38.2 mile marker as the vehicle driven by Christopher Albright, 42, of Mountain Home, Idaho, ran off the right side of the road and overturned.
Albright and his passenger, Brittany Mandac, 28, of Roxana, Ill., received serious injuries and were flown to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. Albright’s other passenger, Shawn Ancona, 27, of Roxana sustained moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
A service dog was spooked in the accident and got loose but according to the Missouri Highway Patrol Troop E Twitter account, the dog was located safe and sound by noon.