Thursday, March 5, 2015

1 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN NORTH ST. LOUIS WHEN AN SUV BLEW THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT HIGH SPEED




MARCH 5, 2015

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)

One person died Thursday after a two-vehicle accident in a north St. Louis neighborhood.

The crash happened near the intersection of Fair and Rosalie in the Fairgrounds / O’Fallon neighborhood.

The accident ended with the back of an SUV slamming into the entrance of the St. Paul Temple Missionary Baptist Church, and a second vehicle stopped in the middle of the street.

A woman who witnessed the accident said the SUV was speeding down Rosalie, blew through a stop sign, and struck the other vehicle as it was make a left turn from Fair Avenue onto Rosalie. According to the witness, the man driving the SUV attempted to run away, but was caught by a postal worker and taken back to the accident scene and kept there until police arrived.

An African-American woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the SUV was injured.