(KNZA)--A rear-end collision on I-29 early Monday morning about two miles south of St. Joseph sent three St. Joseph residents to the hospital.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Tedral Towery was traveling at a reduced speed when his northbound car was hit from behind by a northbound sport utility vehicle driven by 41-year-old Brandy Linder around 5:00.

Towery’s vehicle went off the west side of the highway and hit a median cable barrier.

Towery and a passenger, 33-year-old Crystal Angold, were taken by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with moderate injuries.  Linder was taken by ambulance to the hospital with what the Patrol described as  minor injuries.