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Thursday, 08 January 2009 |
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 01/08/2009
A young man was House Springs was killed Wednesday night in a one-car crash in Jefferson County.
The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the victim as Reid J. Schiermeyer, 19.
He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Missouri Route Y at Jim Wilson Road, the patrol said.
Schiermeyer was driving a 1998 Oldsmobile 88 Royale south on Route Y about 8:25 p.m. Wednesday. The patrol said Schiermeyer was driving too fast for conditions. On a curve, Schiermeyer's car sped off the road and overturned. Schiermeyer was thrown from the car.
His passenger -- James D. Kotva, 17, of High Ridge -- was seriously injured. Kotva was taken by helicopter to St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur.
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