FENTON, Mo. (KMOX) - A man died after driving the wrong direction on a St. Louis-area highway and hitting multiple semi trucks on Monday night.
Police say Michael Branlett, 75, of Gray Summit, was driving his Jeep Grand Cherokee east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 near Highway 141.
A semi swerved to avoid Branlett, but his SUV clipped the front of the tractor-trailer, causing the SUV to slam into the concrete median and bounce back onto the highway. That's when it hit another semi and a car, according to the accident report.
Branlett died at the scene. Two people in the car were treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The truck drivers were not injured.
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