Crime & Safety

FOX 2 VIDEO: Florissant Residents Involved in Serious Accident at Pershall

The driver of the car and a passenger on the Metrobus are two of 15 people injured in head-on collision.

A total of 15 people, including two Florissant residents, were injured Sunday evening when a car collided with a Metrobus on Pershall Road.

A 2008 Pontiac G6 crossed into the path of a bus at a high rate of speed and ended up in a head-on collision with the bus, according to Fox 2 News.

Denia Washington, the driver of the car and a Florissant resident, incurred serious injuries and was taken to DePaul Hospital. It’s unknown if she wore a seatbelt at the time of the accident, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol report.

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Clarence Baker, a passenger on the bus and another Florissant resident, received minor injuries and was taken to Christian Northeast Hospital.

Fox 2 News was live on the scene Sunday night.

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