(KLZA)-- Low visibility due to a controlled burn contributed to a pair of wrecks, with injuries, Thursday morning in Atchison, County, Missouri.

Just past 10, 88-year-old Betty Haer of Tarkio was southbound on US-59 Highway approximately two-and-a-half miles north of Fairfax. Due to low visibility due to a controlled burn on the east side of the road, Haer's Ford EDGE crossed the center line and struck the front of a Honda CRV driven by 63-year-old Eddie Ridley of Fairfax.

Both vehicles came to rest on US-59. Just moments later, a northbound pickup driven by 33-year-old Jeremy Sturtz of Tarkio was unable to YIELD to the Ridley vehicle, hitting it in the rear.

Betty Haer was transported by Atchison-Holt Ambulance to Fairfax Community Hospital and then by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with serious injuries.

Eddie Ridley sustained what were described as moderate injuries and was transported by Atchison-Holt Ambulance to the Fairfax Hospital.

Jeremy Sturtz was not injured. All of the vehicles were towed away.

The Atchison County Sheriff's Department, Fairfax Fire Department assisted at the scene of the wrecks.