(KLZA)-- Two Tarkio residents were injured in a two-vehicle wreck in Atchison County, Missouri Tuesday evening.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a semi-truck operated by 39-year-old Bryce Stuchlik of Wahoo, Nebraska was involved in a wreck with a Chevrolet Equinox driven by 72-year-old Darwin Houghton.

The semi was turning westbound onto US-136 from the I-29 ramp and the eastbound car struck the trailer of the semi, coming to rest under the trailer.

Darwin Houghton suffered what were described as serious injuries and was transported by Atchison-Holt Ambulance to Community Hospital in Fairfax, then transported by air ambulance to the University of Nebraska Hospital in Omaha.   A passenger in the car, 70-year-old Georgia Houghton was transported to the Community Hospital in Fairfax with minor injuries. 

Stuchlik who was driving the semi was not injured.

The Atchison County, Missouri Sheriff's Department and the Rock Port Police Department assisted at the scene of the wreck.