Update: 19-year-old female sustains serious injuries in I-270 crash

ST. LOUIS, MO – A 19-year-old female sustained serious injuries after crashing on the exit ramp from northbound I-270 to Tesson Ferry Road on Tuesday night.

This is an update to an earlier post.

Police report Autumn C. Beno, 19, was traveling northbound on I-270 when she took the exit ramp for Tesson Ferry Road and ran off the side of the road around 9:02 p.m. The 2004 Mercury Sable she was driving struck a rock bluff.

Beno was transported to Mercy Hospital – South for her injuries. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

Police closed the exit ramp to investigate the crash. It was reopened around 11:28 p.m.

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