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.