Byron Christian Obituary, Death – ST. LOUIS — The identities of the two victims who were killed in a two-vehicle crash in north St. Louis on Saturday evening were released by the police on Wednesday. According to the police, a 2000 Honda Accord was heading east on Lee Avenue in the Penrose district of St. Louis when it was struck by a 2016 Dodge Charger that was headed northbound on Kings highway at a high rate of speed. Both Byron Christian, 65, the driver of the Honda, and Marlin Bateman, 55, who was riding in the Honda with Christian, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
According to a passenger in the Charger who spoke to the police, the driver was picked up by another car and sent to a hospital after the crash. However, according to the police, the passenger provided conflicting statements and said she was unfamiliar with the driver. The local hospitals were investigated by the police, but the authorities reported that they did not identify anyone who had been sent there with injuries due to an automobile accident. ST. LOUIS — The identities of the two victims who were killed in a two-vehicle crash in north St. Louis on Saturday evening were released by the police on Wednesday.
According to the police, a 2000 Honda Accord was heading east on Lee Avenue in the Penrose district of St. Louis when it was struck by a 2016 Dodge Charger that was headed northbound on Kings highway at a high rate of speed. Both Byron Christian, 65, the driver of the Honda, and Marlin Bateman, 55, who was riding in the Honda with Christian, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to a passenger in the Charger who spoke to the police, the driver was picked up by another car and sent to a hospital after the crash. However, according to the police, the passenger provided conflicting statements and said she was unfamiliar with the driver.
The local hospitals were investigated by the police, but the authorities reported that they did not identify anyone who had been sent there with injuries due to an automobile accident.
