Crime & Safety

O'Fallon Woman, 22, Swerves Underneath Freightliner

Car crash on Interstate 70 sends O'Fallon woman to hospital with moderate injuries.

A 22-year-old woman, attempting to dodge an unknown vehicle on Interstate 70 Saturday morning, inadvertently traveled underneath a Freightliner truck.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Elizabeth Brown was driving eastbound along I-70, near the Highway K exit, when she had to swerve from lane three of the highway to lane two in order to miss an unknown vehicle. 

As she swerved, she traveled underneath the towed unit of the Freightliner. 

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Brown was taken to the St. Joseph Health Center with moderate injuries.

No further details were available.

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