Fatal Car Accident Near St. Clair, I-44 North Outer Road

_________________________________________________________________________

Fatal Accident Near St. Clair

by dfox
www.klpw.com
August 17, 2011
___________________________________________________________________________

The patrol says 54-year-old Loyd Brown was eastbound at a high rate of speed when he ran off the road on a curve and struck a tree head on. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene.

There was a fatal traffic crash in Franklin County this morning. The State Highway Patrol says the accident happened after one o'clock this morning on the Interstate 44 North Outer Road at St. Louis Inn Road west of St. Clair.

The patrol stated Brown was eastbound in a 1997 Ford Thunderbird at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a curve. The car traveled off the north side of the road and struck a tree head-on. Brown was not wearing a safety belt.
Franklin County Medical Examiner Russell Rost pronounced Brown dead at the scene, the patrol stated.
The Thunderbird was totaled.

Crash Report Details

Crash Information

Investigated By	Incident#	Date	Time	County	Location	Troop
TROOPER B. KARNOWSKI #1338 ASSISTED BY SERGEANT R. MIESNER #916	110275958	08/17/2011	1:10AM	FRANKLIN	EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 44 NORTH OUTER ROAD AT ST. LOUIS INN ROAD	C

Vehicle Information

Veh. #	Vehicle Description	Damage	Disposition	Driver Name	Driver Gender	Driver Age	Safety Device	Driver City/State	Driver Insurance	Vehicle Direction
1	1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD	TOTAL	TO/BY VOGELGESANGS	BROWN, LOYD B	MALE	54	NO	ST. CLAIR, MO.	UNKNOWN	EASTBOUND

Injury Information

Veh. #	Name	Gender	Age	Injury Type	Safety Device	City/State	Involvement	Disposition
1	BROWN, LOYD B	MALE	54	FATAL	NO	ST. CLAIR, MO.	DRIVER	TAKEN TO ST LOUIS COUNTY MORGUE BY RUSSELL FUNERAL HOME

Misc. Information

FATALITY ACCIDENT - VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE NORTH OUTER RD OF INTERSTATE 44 AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DRIVER 1 FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE CAUSING VEHICLE 1 TO TRAVEL OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRIKE A TREE HEAD ON. FATALITY PRONOUNCED AT 0238 HOURS BY M.E. RUSSELL ROST. NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED.

___________________________________________ _____________________________________ . .

Donate To Keep This Site Alive

______________________________________________________ ___________________________ . .

VIDEO: MISSOURI THE BEAUTIFUL Take a patriotic tour of the Show Me State's natural wonders . . _____________________________________________________________________________