Speeding driver crashes into embankment on southbound US-67

JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – A 21-year-old driver crashed into an embankment after speeding on southbound US-67 early Saturday morning.

Derek Watters, 21, was traveling at high rates of speed for the wet road conditions on southbound US-67 when slide on the pavement and struck an embankment around 4:06 a.m., police report.

His 2010 Ford Fusion sustained extensive damages.

Watters was treated at the crash scene for minor injuries and refused transport services to a hospital.

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