New Madrid woman killed, 2 seriously injured in crash in New Madrid County

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A New Madrid woman was killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in New Madrid County.

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 7:45 p.m. at the junction of Interstate 55 and US Highway 61 in New Madrid, as the northbound vehicle driven by Hannah N. McNabb, 19, of Holcomb, Missouri, failed to yield at the intersection, and the southbound vehicle driven by Heather E. Polk, 44, of New Madrid struck the driver’s side of McNabb’s vehicle.

Polk was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:21 p.m. by New Madrid County Coroner George Delisle and transported to the New Madrid County Morgue.

McNabb and her passenger, Jasmen A. Hedrick, 21, of Portageville, Missouri, sustained serious injuries. Hedrick was flown to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where McNabb was transported to by ambulance.