The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported an accident which occurred this afternoon on Interstate 55 in St. County at the Union exit. Sefik Sljivo, 50 of Afton, Missouri was operating a 2004 Dodge Stratus southbound on I-55 when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a pedestrian, Kyle Bishop, 19 of Bethel Springs, Tennessee.
Bishop was transported by Lemay Ambulance to St. Louis University Hospital with serious injuries. Sljivo was not injured in the crash.