Pedestrian killed on highway near St. Louis

ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) - Missouri authorities say a 31-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by a car on a highway south of St. Louis.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (https://bit.ly/2o29Jte ) reports that the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Colleen Grissmeyer of Arnold died at the scene of the accident on Missouri 141 early Sunday in Jefferson County.

The patrol said a car was southbound on the highway when it fatally hit Grissmeyer.

It’s not immediately clear why Grissmeyer was on the road.

No other details were released.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com