MARION COUNTY — A one-car crash around 6:40 Saturday night on Interstate 57 north of Salem, resulted in the vehicle’s three occupants being air lifted to St. Louis area hospitals for treatment of injuries.

According to the Illinois State Police, 52-year-old Darlen Jones was southbound on I-57 at mile marker 120 when she jerked the wheel to the left, crossed the left lane of traffic and shoulder before entering the center median where she struck a drainage ditch grate that caused her vehicle to go airborne.

When the car landed it rolled end-over-end and landed on its roof, skidding across both northbound lanes of the interstate, narrowly missing northbound traffic. The vehicle ultimately came to a stop on the right shoulder of the northbound interstate.

Jones and her two passengers, 35-year-old Ernest Jones, and 31-year-old James Joseph, all of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were transported to the Salem Township Hospital. Darlen Jones was ultimately air lifted to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and her passengers were air lifted to St. Louis University Hospital for treatment.

Darlen Jones was cited for improper lane usage and all three occupants were cited for illegal transportation of alcohol.