Head-on crash near O’Fallon leaves driver with life-threatening injuries
A motorist suffered life-threatening injuries and another person was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on Scott-Troy Road near O’Fallon, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department said.
The collision occurred at about 12:45 p.m. in the 800 block of Scott-Troy Road, according to a news release.
The two victims are hospitalized in St. Louis and their names have not been released.
The person with the life-threatening injuries was driving a 2012 Hyundai north on Scott-Troy Road when he swerved to avoid a vehicle that had stopped to make a left turn and then collided head-on with a 2016 Ford pickup truck going south, according to a preliminary investigation.
Three people were in the pickup truck and the front seat passenger was ejected. That person was one of those taken to St. Louis. The sheriff’s department does know the extent of this person’s injuries.
“The driver of the Hyundai was trapped in his vehicle and was the only person in the Hyundai,” the news release stated. “He had to be extricated by the O’Fallon Fire Department.”
Deputies are still investigating the crash and no other information was released.
This story was originally published November 15, 2022 at 4:12 PM.
