Three people were injured yesterday morning in a crash on Pyatt Cuytler Road in Perry County.

Perry County Sheriff Steve Bareis said 33 year old Willie C. Nesby of Carbondale was driving west when he ran off the road, hit a culvert and went airborne. A passenger in Nesby’s car – 25 year old Chelse McManus-Davis of Percy – was airlifted to a saint louis hospital. Nesby and an infant passenger in the car were taken to a local hospital.

Authorities said there are criminal charges pending in this crash.