Driver charged with DWI after three people, including infant, die in crash
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A drunken driver rear-ended a car on Highway 30 on Tuesday night, killing a woman, her fiancé and their infant when their car careened off the highway, caught fire and struck a tree, authorities said.
Family and police identified the victims as Lacey K. Newton, 25, her fiancé Cordell S. Williams, 30, and their 4-month-old son. They lived in Bonne Terre.
The driver accused of causing the wreck about 10 p.m. Tuesday is David Goss Thurby, a 26-year-old man from Fenton. On Wednesday afternoon, Jefferson County Prosecutor Trisha C. Stefanski charged Thurby with three counts of DWI, causing the death of two or more people.