A St. Louis man was killed and two people, including a 16-year-old girl from Barnhart, were seriously injured in a single-car accident Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 23) on Local Hillsboro Road between Hillsboro and Cedar Hill, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 5:15 p.m., Kory Luke, 24, of St. Louis was driving a 1998 Honda Accord west on Local Hillsboro Road east of Wedgewood Drive and drove off the left side of the road and struck a tree, the report said.
Luke was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:28 p.m. by paramedics from the Big River Ambulance District, according to the report.
Two passengers in the Accord, a 16-year-old girl from Barnhart and Steven Rewis, 20, of St. Louis, both were seriously hurt and taken by helicopter to hospitals. The girl was taken to SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, and Rewis to Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur, the report said.
Rewis was in satisfactory condition, a Mercy Hospital St. Louis spokeswoman said Thursday (Oct. 24). An update on the girl’s condition was not available.
Neither Luke nor his two passengers were wearing seat belts, the report said.
The Honda was totaled.