1 dead in crash during police pursuit in St. Louis County

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A person died, and two others were injured in a crash during a police pursuit in Bridgeton late Saturday night.

Missouri State Highway Patrol states St. Ann Police were in a pursuit with a car on St. Charles Rock Road near I-270 just before midnight when the car involved in the chase entered an intersection at the same time as another car and crashed.

The driver and a passenger of the car involved in the police chase were seriously injured and taken to an area hospital. Another passenger inside the car involved in the police chase died at the scene.

No other injuries were reported.

First Alert 4 is working to figure out what initiated the police chase.

No other information is available at publication time.

This is a developing story.