EAST ST. LOUIS, MO – A 17-year-old teenager was killed in a fiery school van collision in East St. Louis on Wednesday.
According to Fox2Now, the crash happened before 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 15 and Pocket Road. Cahokia Heights police said the driver of the school van was on their way to a Belleville West School District school when they crashed the vehicle into a light pole, causing it to catch on fire.
Police believe two adults and six students were on the van. Out of the six students, a 17-year-old male teenager, a 12th-grade student at Belleville West High School, unfortunately died from his injuries.
The police chief believes the other occupants will survive.
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