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The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 near Warrenton on Wednesday.
Police say 25-year-old James Lutjen was driving westbound on I-70 near the Warrenton exit around 3 p.m. when his tractor trailer overturned into the median.
Authorities say Lutjen was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
All lanes of westbound I-70 were closed at one point until crews cleared the scene.
A head-on collision in eastern Missouri has left three people dead and a driver hospitalized.
The crash happened at 6:30 a.m. Friday on Missouri 185 near the Washington County town of Sullivan.
The Missouri Highway Patrol says a northbound pickup truck was passing another vehicle on a hill and collided with a southbound passenger car.
Authorities identified those killed as the driver of the car, 25-year-old Casey Edwards, and two passengers, 28-year-old Valerie Lewis and 56-year-old Shari Ryerson. All were residents of Sullivan.
Two tractor trailers and car collide on snowy I-70 causing delays and back-ups in St. Charles County
All lanes of Interstate 70 near Foristell are closed following a weather-related accident Tuesday afternoon.
Missouri State Highway Patrol is handling an accident on the westbound lanes of I-70 and Highway T involving two tractor trailers and a passenger vehicle shortly before 2 p.m.
The interstate was shut down as crews worked to clear the scene.
Authorities were still unsure of there were injuries involved in this accident
A woman is under arrest after a hit and run accident that killed two Bard College students Friday night in the Dutchess County village of Tivoli. It happened at about 11:50 p.m. in the area of Route 9G and Broadway. Investigators say the students were among three people hit while they were walking northbound on 9G. The victims have been identified as 20-year old Evelina Martin Brown of Seattle, Washington and 19-year old Sarah McCausland of Winnetka, Illinois. The vehicle involved left the scene and was located by deputies a short time later, according to police.
Drivers heading towards downtown St. Louis hit a wall of traffic after a two-vehicle wreck involving a Fed-Ex truck in St. Charles County Friday morning.
The accident happened on Interstate 70 near Zumbehl Rd. around 5 a.m.
Two right lanes were closed, and traffic at one point was backed up to at least Mid Rivers Mall Dr. The interstate re-opened about 7:45 a.m.
At least one person was injured, though details were not immediately available.
Both directions of Highway 364 were shut down after several accidents were reported over a 15-minute period along the Page corridor in Maryland Heights on Friday.
Police stated that there were somewhere between 10 and 15 wrecks due to icy roads. It was not known if anyone was injured.
Both eastbound and westbound lanes were closed near Arena Parkway so crews could put salt down on bridge over Creve Coeur Lake.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 were closed in west St. Louis County due to a jackknifed tractor-trailer Thursday morning.
The incident happened on the interstate near Six Flags in Eureka around 6:20 a.m.
All lanes were shut down as the truck was spread out from median to shoulder. Crews responded to the scene and eventually got the tractor trailer off the interstate, though the roadway remained closed until about 8:20 a.m.