JEFFERSON CITY — An East St. Louis woman received minor injuries in a traffic accident at 4:30 a.m. Monday on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 54-year-old Melanie Edwards was taken to Mercy Hospital Jefferson by Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance.
The patrol says Edwards was the driver of a southbound 2010 Acura TSX which traveled off the right side of the road and struck a tree.
The patrol says Edwards was buckled up.
There was minor damage to the Acura.
The crash happened about 4:30 a.m. south of mile marker 164.8.