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One Injured, One Killed in Crash

Car accident occurred on Interstate-64 near Boone's Crossing.

One man was killed and one injured in an accident on eastbound Interstate 64 near Boone's Crossing on Thursday, Dec. 1. 

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 9:32 p.m.

A 2005 Honda Civic, driven by James Gobble, 25, Chesterfield, traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-64, and struck the front of a 2004 Nissan Altima driven by Jorge Hernandez, 22, O'Fallon. 

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Both drivers were taken to Mercy Hospital by Monarch Ambulance. Gobble was pronounced dead at the hospital. Hernandez suffered minor injuries. 


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