MARION COUNTY — A two-car crash Wednesday afternoon on Route 161 near the Interstate 57 entrance resulted in five people being injured.

According to the Illinois State Police, 35-year-old Shanda Word, of Salem, was driving westbound on Route 161 around 2:30 Wednesday afternoon and making a left turn into the entrance of Biggies Café and General Store, when she pulled in front of an eastbound vehicle being driven by 23-year-old Jessica Lape, of Iuka, who struck the passenger side of Word’s vehicle.

Accident reports say two passengers in the Word vehicle, 43-year-old Jared Runkle, of Salem, along with a juvenile, were transported to Salem Township Hospital for treatment.

Lape and two juvenile passengers in her car were transported to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia.

Word was cited for making an improper turn.