MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mo. – Three people died and two were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning.

Around 4:15 a.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department requested a trooper respond to a single-vehicle crash occupied by five people located on South Chantilly Road, south of Ethington Road.


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Upon arrival, three of the occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. The two additional passengers were taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

To help with the investigation, the Highway Patrol’s crash reconstruction team also responded to the crash.

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