Jacob A Stauffer of Cottleville, MO was killed on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 3:20AM in St. Charles County, Missouri. Stauffer is a 21-year-old man.
The crash happened here: westbound Interstate 70 east of Lake St. Louis Boulevard.
In the crash, Stauffer was a passenger. The police described the crash like this:
FATALITY TRAFFIC CRASH - VEHICLE #1 AND VEHICLE #2 WERE TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 70 IN LANE #3. VEHICLE #2 WAS AHEAD OF VEHICLE #1. DRIVER #1 WAS EXCEEDING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND BEGAN OVERTAKING VEHICLE #2 RAPIDLY. THE FRONT RIGHT OF VEHICLE #1 STRUCK THE LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE #2 (IMPACT #1). AFTER IMPACT, VEHICLE #1 BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE FRONT RIGHT OF VEHICLE #1 STRUCK THE ROOF OF VEHICLE #2 (IMPACT #2). AFTER IMPACT, VEHICLE #1 LANDED ON LANE #2 AND SLID OFF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. THE FRONT OF VEHICLE #1 STRUCK THE CONCRETE MEDIAN WALL (IMPACT #3). AFTER IMPACT, VEHICLE #1 ROTATED ONTO LANE #1. VEHICLE #1 CAME TO REST, FACING EAST, BLOCKING LANE #1. VEHICLE #2 WAS DRIVEN TO A CONTROLLED STOP. PRONOUNCED ON SCENE AT 0351 HOURS, 10/22/2021, BY WENTZVILLE EMS PERSONNEL. ASSISTED BY TPR. W.H. ABEL (132), CVO R.E. FAIN (W140), TPR. J.E. LACY (313), TPR M.G. BENNETT (276),
Injuries
Stauffer's injuries were fatal. Stauffer was taken by Lonnings Mortuary Service to St Louis County Morgue.
Vehicle Damage
The police said the damage to the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze driven by Burkle was total. It was removed by Towed To/By Crash City. The damage to the 2022 Kenworth T680 driven by Leyda was minor. It was removed by Towed To/By Crash City Towing.
How To Get the Highway Patrol Report
Msgt T R Jenkins and Sgt J D Cox McIu of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 210550225 to this crash. The highway patrol charges $6.90 for each certified report (certification required for court). The highway patrol is currently backlogged and they state on their website that you will have to wait 10 days and may have to wait an "extended period of time" beyond that for the report. Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).
The information in this article came from the Missouri State Highway Patrol website.
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