South-Carolina
South Carolina man dies after truck hit tree in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) — A man from South Carolina died after his truck ran off of Interstate 70 and crashed into a tree early Tuesday.
Gary Lapalme, 74, of Jonesville, South Carolina, was driving a 2001 Ford F250 on eastbound Interstate 70 when it went off the roadway and hit a tree west of the northbound Interstate 170 ramp around 4 a.m. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Lapalme was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
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