ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. —One person died and another arrested after an accident just after 3:30a.m. Saturday in St. Charles County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Hyundai Venue driven by Dioavian R. Cook, 24, Wichita, was eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 just east of David Hoekel Parkway.
The SUV struck a 2012 Ford Explorer driven by Jared R. Allan, 42, Kansas City head-on.
St Charles County ambulance transported Allan, and passengers in the Ford Carri L. Allan, 42, Kansas City and a 7-year-old Kansas City boy to SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital Lake St. Louis. The boy was pronounced dead just after 4a.m.
St. Charles County ambulance transported Cook to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. The MSHP later arrested him on requested charges of driving while intoxicated resulting in the death of another.