JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MO – According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, two women died when a driver slammed into a tree on Route C near Zion Road on Saturday morning.
A 37-year-old woman was driving a 2008 Ford Focus west on Route C when she strayed off the left side of the road and plowed into a tree around 2:20 a.m. The Focus then caught fire.
The Cole County Medical Examiner pronounced the driver and her 38-year-old female passenger dead at the scene.
It is unknown if either victim was wearing a seatbelt.
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