Fatal Boone Bridge accident closes I-64 for hours
Associated Press and KSDK Staff , KSDK 2:59 PM. CDT June 23, 2016
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CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A woman who got out of her car on a suburban St. Louis bridge is dead after being struck by a car.
The accident happened Thursday on the Daniel Boone Bridge that carries Interstate 64 traffic over the Missouri River, connecting St. Louis and St. Charles counties.
The woman has been identified as 28-year-old Stephanie Phung of O'Fallon, Mo.
Al Nothum of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Phung's car struck a tire in the roadway and began to drag it. About halfway across the bridge, she stopped in the right lane and got out to examine her car. A pickup truck behind her was unable to swerve and struck both the woman and her car. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
All westbound lanes were shut down for hours and traffic was being diverted.