11-year-old, 2 women hurt after driver allegedly runs light on Gravois Rd

ST. LOUIS, MO – Three people, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured in a crash after a driver reportedly ran a red light on Gravois Road this morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred on eastbound Gravois Road (MO-30), near I-270 at 11:10 a.m., when the driver of a 2015 GMC Terrain, 48-year-old St. Louis woman Stacy R. Covey, failed to yield at a red light and made a left turn.

The front of her vehicle then crashed into a 2009 Chevrolet Impala being driven by 37-year-old High Ridge woman Marissa E. Lawson.

A passenger in the Impala, who was identified as an 11-year-old girl from High Ridge, and the two drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

All three were wearing their seatbelts when the crash occurred.

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