Elderly woman dies in Phelps County crash
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 71-year-old woman from Florissant, Missouri, died in a Thursday afternoon crash on Interstate 44 in Phelps County at mile marker 172, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The report says the crash occurred as the woman drove a 2022 Nissan Rogue Sport eastbound when it went off the right side of the road and hit a bridge pillar.
The vehicle eventually overturned and the driver was ejected through the driver side window, the report says.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seatbelt, the report says. The vehicle was totaled.
MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.