ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — A 7-year-old boy died Saturday morning after the car he were riding in was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver near Wentzville, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
The child was traveling in a car with two other adults on Interstate 70 near David Hoekel Parkway when the crash happened at about 3:30 a.m., troopers said. He was transported to SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in Lake St. Louis, where he was pronounced dead.
The two adults in the car with the child, a 42-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, sustained moderate and minor injuries, respectively. They were transported to the same hospital for treatment.
Troopers arrested the driver of the other car, a 24-year-old man, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, the patrol said. He sustained serious injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur.
Authorities did not release any other details leading up to the crash.
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