ST. LOUIS (AP) - A pedestrian has died after stepping into traffic near St. Louis and being hit by two cars, eastern Missouri authorities said.
The incident happened just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Chambers Road in St. Louis County, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Missouri Highway Patrol said that’s when Cornell Mahr, 35, of St. Louis, stepped off a sidewalk and walked into the path of an eastbound car, which hit Mahr. A second eastbound vehicle also hit Mahr, investigators said.
The driver of the second vehicle fled the scene, police said. Mahr was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. The 44-year-old woman driving the first car was not injured, officials said.
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