Lamont Purley, 30 killed, after losing control of his car on a slick I-270 on-ramp in north St. Louis, and crashing into a median wall and a street sweeper.
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A man was pronounced dead after a crash involving a street sweeper in north St. Louis County early Friday morning.
According to police, Lamont Purley, 30, was driving a 2001 Ford Mustang on the on-ramp to southbound I-270 from St. Charles Rock Road around 12:30 a.m. when he lost control of the car in the rain. Police say Purley’s car hit a concrete median wall and a MoDOT street sweeper.
Purley was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the street sweeper was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
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