1 dead, 1 injured when driver strikes pedestrians

EAST ST. LOUIS,== Authorities say one man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after they were struck by a driver on an East St. Louis bridge.

Illinois State Police say the driver of a 2003 Ford Mustang hit a St. Louis Police Department vehicle around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday and fled by going across the Poplar Street Bridge.

The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that the car hit two people walking on the bridge.

The male pedestrian was knocked off the bridge and taken to Saint Louis University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say the woman is in critical condition.

Police say the driver was intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content almost double the Illinois limit of 0.08. The driver is in custody at St. Clair County Jail; charges are pending.