HAZELWOOD, MO – Two people were injured after a 2020 Audi Q5 rear-ended a 2000 Honda Odyssey on southbound I-270 late Wednesday night.
Police report 46-year-old Dhruv I. Mazumdar was traveling south on I-270 in the Audi when he rear-ended the Honda. The accident happened north of James S. McDonnell Boulevard around 11:58 p.m.
Mazumdar sustained serious injuries. The driver of the Honda, 40-year-old Tagesse W. Tabess, sustained minor injuries. They were both taken to SSM Health DePaul Hospital.
Tabess was wearing a seat belt. Mazumdar was not wearing a seat belt.
Both vehicles were totaled.
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