1 dead, 3 seriously injured after vehicle involved in police chase strikes their car

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An overnight vehicle pursuit ended in a crash that killed one person and seriously injured three others in St. Louis.

Missouri State Highway Patrol said the incident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday at Natural Bridge Road and Springdale Avenue.

A vehicle driven by a 30-year-old man was headed eastbound and was involved in a police chase. The vehicle failed to stop at an intersection and hit the rear of a second vehicle, which was traveling southbound.

One of the passengers of the second vehicle was ejected from the car and died at the scene. He was a 25-year-old man from Florissant. The 24-year-old man driving the second car and the other two passengers, a 24-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, were seriously injured and taken to the hospital.

The man driving the vehicle involved in the police chase sustained minor injures. His passenger, a 29-year-old man, was moderately injured.