4 dead in multi-vehicle wrong-way crash on NB I-170
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A stretch of Interstate 170 moves at a slow crawl at rush hour Monday following a fatal wrong-way crash earlier in the day.
According to Cpl. Dallas Thompson, Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly before 1:05 p.m.. on the Inner Belt Expressway, just south of the I-70 junction.
Investigators said the crash was caused by one vehicle traveling the wrong way on the interstate. Four vehicles were involved in the crash, Thompson said.
Authorities diverted traffic at I-170 north onto I-70.
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It’s unclear where the driver entered the highway. The wrong way vehicle did strike another vehicle.
The number of fatalities grew throughout the day. By late afternoon, authorities confirmed four people had died in the crash.
“[Wrong-way crashes] happen and, again, I don’t know where he came on at,” Sgt. Andrew Gadberry, Missouri State Highway Patrol, said. “It was early in the afternoon, so I don’t know where he got on where he did or why he was driving the wrong way, but yeah, it does happen.”
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
