(KLZA)-- Five people suffered injuries in three separate wrecks this past weekend in Northwest Missouri.   

The Missouri Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle wreck Saturday morning shortly past 7 on US Highway 59 four-and-a-half miles northwest of Westboro in Atchison County.

A Chevrolet Trax driven by 45-year-old Joel Gibson of Westboro was northbound and crossed the center line striking the front drivers side of a southbound Freightliner truck driven by 63-year-old Charles Hurst of Tarkio.

Both vehicles left the roadway coming to rest on their wheels.  The semi hit an embankment bringing it to a stop.

Gibson was transported to Shenandoah, Iowa and then on to the Trauma Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha with what were described as minor injuries.  Hurst refused medical treatment at the scene for what were described as minor injuries.  

Sunday afternoon shortly before 1 two people suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle wreck on US 136, three miles east of Tarkio.

The Highway Patrol reported a pickup driven by 52-year old Tammy Fly of Fairfax, Missouri was easatbound, making a left turn when a car driven by 17-year-old Morgan Parshall of Tarkio struck the rear of the pickup.

Both Tammy Fly and her husband, 57-year-old James Fly, a passenger in the pickup suffered minor injuries and were going to seek their own medical attention.  Parshall was not injured.  

The third wreck was Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:45 a mile west of Oregon, Missouri on route 111.  A northbound car driven by 32-year-old Lauren Williams of Forest City failed to negotiate a curve and traveled off the roadway two times, becoming airborne the second time and striking a ditch before coming to rest. 

Williams suffered minor injuries and was transported by the Atchison-Holt Ambulance District to Mosaic Hospital in St. Joseph.  The car was totaled.