Emergency personnel responded about 10:50 p.m. Friday to a vehicle crash in the area of 6071 Maeystown Road. The vehicle was reportedly down in a ditch on its side and had struck a utility pole with a downed line sparking a tree.
The female driver was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis County for treatment of unspecified injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening. Power was out for homes in the vicinity of the crash due to the downed lines, but was restored during the early morning hours.
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