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15-year-old Erin Mathenia of Park Hills died after she attempted to make a left turn off a private driveway onto southbound Highway 21, driving her Dodge Neon into the path of a 2008 Sterling dump truck being driven by 36-year-old David Crisp of Farmington. The truck struck the left side of the Neon, and Erin was pronounced dead at the scene despite wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash.
Two people, including a wrong-way driver, were killed in a head-on collision in Jefferson County on Tuesday. According to police, a driver exited Highway M and got on southbound Highway 21 going north. The driver, identified as 82-year-old Mary Burke, drove the wrong way for several miles before hitting another vehicle at Shady Valley near Imperial around 12:15 p.m. Burke, of St. Louis, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver in the other vehicle, identified as James Sybert, 25, was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.