ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man is dead and three other people were taken to the hospital after a crash early Tuesday on Page Avenue in Overland.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 24-year-old Marcus Slaughter of St. Louis.
The crash was reported at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday underneath Interstate 170 as Slaughter was driving northbound from the I-170 ramp onto Page Avenue. He was heading through a green light when a speeding car ran a red light and struck the driver's side of his car, highway patrol said.
Slaughter was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 1 a.m. There were two passengers in his car -- a 29-year-old man who suffered serious injuries and a 23-year-old man who had moderate injuries. The driver of the car that struck Slaughter, a 25-year-old man, also had moderate injuries.
Eastbound Page Avenue was closed for hours overnight along with several lanes of westbound Page, with several emergency vehicles at the scene.
No other information has been released at this time.
