DONGOLA – Five people were injured in a one-vehicle crash in Union County Tuesday night.

Illinois State Police say the crash happened around 6:30 on northbound U.S. 51 one mile south of Dongola.

According to ISP’s preliminary report, 27-year-old Jimmy Lavern White of Mounds was driving his SUV when it left the right side of the roadway crashing head on into a creek embankment.

White and his passengers, 29-year-old Chanel J. Young of Mounds and three small children – ages 3, 2 and 1 – were taken by ambulance to Union County Hospital in Anna. The three children were then taken to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment.

No one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt.