ROLLA, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis County woman died and four others were injured in a south-central Missouri crash involving three vehicles, authorities there said.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. Saturday near Rolla in Phelps County, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Melissa Schmuelling, 54, was a passenger in a pickup truck that crossed the center line and sideswiped a car, then hit another car head-on.
The driver of the pickup, 55-year-old Thomas Schmuelling, also of St. Louis County, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
The two other drivers also were hospitalized with serious injuries, investigators said, while a passenger in the sideswiped car was treated for minor injuries.
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