Stolen car fleeing St. Louis police crashes into another car, killing a woman


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Fatal Crash Following Police Chase

A stolen Nissan, carjacked at gunpoint in St. Louis, led police on a chase before crashing into a Hyundai, fatally injuring the Hyundai's driver.

Arrests and Evidence

Five individuals, including three juveniles, were arrested. Authorities recovered two real guns and a fake gun from the Nissan.

Incident Details

The carjacking occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. Police tracked the Nissan via city cameras before attempting a traffic stop. The Nissan sped off, resulting in the fatal collision.

Unreleased Information

The deceased woman's name and age have not been publicly released. The exact location of the crash and the suspects' precise ages are also pending.

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ST. LOUIS — A stolen car fleeing police on Sunday night crashed into another car, killing a woman, authorities said.

Police arrested five people, including three juveniles, in the stolen car.

The name and age of the woman who died has not been released.

The suspects had taken the car, a Nissan, at gunpoint in a carjacking about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Belt Avenue. The scene is on the southern edge of the Visitation Park neighborhood.

Officers monitoring cameras in the city's Real Time Crime Center saw the Nissan and told patrolling officers which way it was headed.

An officer in the Mobile Reserve unit saw it at Natural Bridge Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard, more than two miles north of the carjacking.

The car, police said, was "driving dangerously." Some of the passengers were hanging out the car windows as they rode.

The officer tried to stop the car at Natural Bridge and Belt avenues, but it sped off, police said. It crashed into a Hyundai moments later, killing a woman who was driving that car, police said. 

Police released photos early Monday of guns that officers found inside a stolen Nissan that crashed into another car, killing a woman on Sunday night. One gun is fake, police said. St. Louis police

The Nissan hit the Hyundai broadside, pushing it onto a curb.

Authorities said no one in the Nissan was seriously injured. Officers recovered two guns and a fake gun in the Nissan, police said.

The Police Department released information in multiple posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, before midnight Sunday. Additional details, including the exact location of the crash and the suspects' ages, were not immediately provided.

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