Morgan County Crash Sends Two to Hospital

Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in Morgan County Saturday.  The accident happened on Highway 52 near Big Rock Road when the biker tried to pass two vehicles.  He was hit when one of them made a left turn into a driveway.  The Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Thomas Eslahi of Tipton was airlifted to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries.  26-year-old Jessica Sallin of Tipton, a passenger in the pickup driven by 33-year-old Jackson Hart of Eldon, was also injured and taken by ambulance to Capital Region Hospital in Jefferson City.