Myron Williams, 48, killed, 48-year-old woman seriously injured, transported to hospital, after their car crashes into the westbound I-44 median and then strikes a guardrail on southbound I-55 in St. Louis.
Man killed, woman injured in wreck on I-55 near downtown.
A man was killed and a woman hospitalized after the vehicle they were in struck a guardrail on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis late Tuesday night.
According to authorities, a vehicle was traveling on westbound Interstate 44 around 11 p.m. when it struck a median while trying to cross onto I-55.
The vehicle spun out of control and went over the median, facing north in the southbound lanes. It then slid into the right side curb of southbound I-55, hitting a guard rail on the driver side.
The driver, later identified as 48-year-old Myron Williams, was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Crews responded to the scene and used the Jaws of Life to free a 48-year-old woman in the passenger seat. She was hospitalized in stable condition.
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