ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — A fatal crash that happened late Friday afternoon in St. Charles County left one woman dead.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. Friday when a Ford F250 was heading northbound on MO-79 north of Dyer Road, lost control due to equipment failure and struck a Honda Civic head-on in the southbound lanes.
Lincoln County paramedics pronounced the driver of the Honda Civic dead at the scene. The driver was later identified as 31-year-old Jessica Hecht of Old Monroe, Missouri.
MSHP did not provide any further information regarding the driver of the Ford or any other possible injuries.
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