ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO : Crash in north St Louis harms two officers on Sunday, 27th August 2023

Less than 24 hours after being struck by a pedestrian vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 70, two officers with the North County Police Cooperative were released from the hospital on Sunday.

According to a crash report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident occurred just after 8:20 p.m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near Jennings Station Road.

State troopers claim the two officers had exited their police vehicle to attend to an abandoned car on the shoulder.

The driver of a 2003 Honda Accord lost control of their vehicle, colliding with a guardrail and striking both officers.

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