A routine drive on Old Highway 21 turned deadly Tuesday when a 77-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash at a Jefferson County intersection, authorities said.
The collision happened at the intersection of southbound Old Highway 21 and West Four Ridge Road. Emergency crews responded to the scene and pronounced the woman dead. Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol handled the call and said the wreck remains under investigation.
According to First Alert 4, the crash report indicates the 77-year-old driver failed to yield at the intersection. The driver of the second vehicle attempted to avoid her car but still struck it, sending both vehicles sliding across the highway into the northbound lanes. The outlet reported there were no immediate reports of injury to the other driver.
Patrol records
Per the Missouri State Highway Patrol's online crash list, the incident is logged as a fatal crash at that location on April 7. The patrol's records list a 77-year-old from Imperial as fatally injured and a 47-year-old from Fenton with no injury recorded.
Where it happened
Jefferson County's roadway master plan lists Old Highway 21 and Four Ridge Road among corridors with higher crash counts, a pattern local planners have tracked while evaluating potential safety projects. The county document groups the Four Ridge segments when tallying crash data along the corridor and highlights Old Highway 21 as a stretch with repeated collisions.
Authorities have not publicly released the woman's name. The Highway Patrol said the crash remains under investigation and that additional details will be released as the agency completes its report.
