Fatality reported in Ste. Genevieve County

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- A fatal crash in Ste. Genevieve County Wednesday afternoon has claimed the life of a Ste. Genevieve woman.

Valerie Eisenbeis, 47, was killed when the car she was driving struck another vehicle driven by Dorcas Grass of Ste. Genevieve on Highway 61. The accident occurred when a vehicle driven by 18-year-old Steven Hilbert of Ste. Genevieve slowed for traffic.

A vehicle driven by Valerie Wallace of Bloomsdale, Mo., was traveling behind it and swerved to avoid hitting Hilbert. Wallace sideswiped Grass's vehicle knocking it into the path of Eisenbeis.

Grass received minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital.