ST. LOUIS (AP) — A driver has died in a dramatic crash that saw his car sail over the side of a St. Louis bridge ramp and land upside down on train tracks below, police said.
The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Friday on an approach ramp to the Poplar Street Bridge on the Illinois side, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The car was traveling north and merging onto Interstate 64 westbound when it hit a concrete barrier on the right side, flipped over the wall and plunged about 50 feet to the ground, Illinois State Police said.
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An officer who was first on the scene of the crash found the driver and only occupant of the car dead inside the wreckage. His name has not been released.