EAST ST. LOUIS – A wrong-way driver fatally struck a vehicle on I-65 and Barack Obama Ave on Sunday, according to KMOV.
Police say Ryan B Heinlein, 35, was driving a Ford Edge west in the eastbound lanes of I-65 when he collided with a Chevrolet Express operated by Michael D. Mierzwinski, 56, around 5:36 p.m.
First responders pronounced Heinlein dead at the scene. They also transported Heinlein’s female passenger and Mierzwinski to a hospital with unspecified injuries.
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