Emergency crews responded Sunday morning to a two-vehicle crash outside Mendota, where three people were hospitalized with minor injuries, while the other driver fled the scene.

Three occupants of one of the vehicles were taken to the hospital after the vehicle overturned, but the driver of the second vehicle was not found.

Firefighters and police searched the area using a thermal drone and a K-9 unit from the Princeton Police Department but were unable to find the missing driver.

Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser said the three individuals taken to the hospital were considered “green,” or low priority, and likely were treated and released.

Rutishauser said the call came in at 12:45 a.m. Crews remained at the scene until about 4 a.m.

Mutual aid was provided by fire departments from Sublette, Paw Paw, Compton, La Salle and Troy Grove.

The crash remains under investigation.