Three people are dead, and three others went to the hospital after a Sunday morning crash in Atchison County on November 17. The crash involved three teens from Kearney.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred around 7:22 am on I-29 North, six miles north of Watson, Missouri.

A 29-year-old Bellevue, Nebraska man drove south into northbound traffic and struck a car head-on driven by 18-year-old Kole Cunningham of Kearney. The car continued south after the collision, traveled off the road, hit a bridge, and caught fire. Cunningham's vehicle traveled off the road as well, and flipped upside-down.

The drivers of both vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene. 18-year-old Lucy Yeates of Kearney was also pronounced dead at the scene. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report indicates she was not wearing a seatbelt.

A second passenger in Cunningham's vehicle, 18-year-old Aubrey Yeates from Kearney, suffered serious injuries and was flown to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was wearing a seatbelt.

A one-year-old boy in the Nebraska man's car suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Grape Hospital in Hamburg, Iowa.

KPGZ News – Brian Watts contributed to this story.