JEFFERSON COUNTY — An 80-year-old Metro East woman died and three people were injured in a crossover crash Tuesday morning on Highway 21 north of De Soto, authorities said.

The regional medical examiner's office said Patricia J. Van Hoose of the 1800 block of Mary Jane Lane in Carlyle, died after she was taken to a hospital.

The Missouri Highway Patrol said a northbound car driven by Van Hoose crossed the center of the highway and struck the front of a southbound vehicle driven by a woman, 23, from Barnhart.

She was taken to a hospital with a serious injury, the patrol said.

The patrol said two passengers in the southbound vehicle, a 29-year-old woman from Imperial and a 23-year-old woman from Arnold, were taken to a hospital with moderate and minor injuries, respectively.

The acciden

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