ST. LOUIS — One person was killed, and two others were injured in a crash on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis Monday night.
Police said the crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. near the Bates exit of northbound I-55.
Investigators said the driver of a Bentley Continental was traveling northbound on I-55 at a high rate of speed when he struck a median and slid off the roadway, eventually hitting a tree.
The driver and two passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment. The driver, identified as 39-year-old Darris Jones, died from his injuries.
Police said one of the passengers, a 30-year-old man, was ejected from the vehicle after the crash. He and the other passenger, a 22-year-old man, remain hospitalized in critical condition.
St. Louis police’s accident reconstruction unit is handling the investigation.
