JEFFERSON CITY — A 23-year-old man from Sparta, Illinois escaped injury in a traffic crash on I-270 in St. Louis County Thursday morning.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Jacob T. Soderlund was the driver of a northbound 2018 Hyundai Elantra which slowed for traffic congestion and was hit in the rear by a northbound 2019 Chevrolet Cruze driven by 22-year-old Kaitlyn Duroso of High Ridge.The force of the impact caused a third vehicle to strike the rear of the Cruze. The third vehicle left the scene of the crash.
The crash happened about 7:40 a.m. north of I-55.
The patrol says Soderlund and Duroso were buckled up.
Both the Cruze and the Elantra were able to be driven from the scene, despite each sustaining moderate damage.