ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MS : 2 dead, man arrested after crash on WB 70 in St. Charles on Sunday, 23rd October 2022

A man and woman died after an accident on westbound I-70 in St. Charles County Sunday after 2 a.m. The other man involved, who police allege was driving while intoxicated, has been arrested.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a report that a man driving a Chevy Corvette hit a Toyota Prius from behind, causing a passenger in the Prius to be ejected from the vehicle. Then, the report continues, the cars continued driving and ended up in an embankment on I-70 east of Lake St. Louis Boulevard. The Prius overturned, ejecting the driver.

The driver of the Prius, 59-year-old Steven Anderson, and the passenger, 61-year-old Kristi Anderson, were pronounced dead at the scene. They were from West Des Moines, Iowa, the report said.

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