ST CLAIR, Mo. — A wrong-way crash Sunday morning on Interstate 44 killed three people in Franklin County, a police spokesperson said.
Police got reports that a driver was heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-44 around 9:50 a.m. Sunday. The driver crashed into the Missouri Highway 47 overpass at I-44's 240-mile marker before police could respond.
According to a crash report, a Jeep Cherokee driven by 64-year-old Tina Degonia was heading the wrong way down I-44 when it crashed into a Nissan Rogue. It then continued, struck two other vehicles and crashed into the overpass.
Degonia was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Nissan's passenger, 27-year-old Rachel Worley, also died at the scene. The Nissan's driver, 26-year-old Sabrina Sutton, was airlifted and later died at the hospital. MSHP said both of the women, who were from Fishers, Indiana, were wearing seatbelts.
A woman in one of the other vehicles was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The crash shut down all lanes of westbound I-44 for hours on Sunday. They have since reopened.
No further information was available. This is a breaking news story, and it will be updated as more information becomes available. Check back with KSDK.com for the latest info.
