3 women killed in North County crash Monday night

NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) - Three women were killed in a car crash in unincorporated north St. Louis County Monday night.

The crash happened around 9 p.m. on New Halls Ferry near Seven Hills Drive. Police told News 4 that a Ford Fusion going southbound on New Halls Ferry crossed the center line near the intersection with Seven Hills Drive and hit a Cadillac that was traveling northbound on New Halls Ferry.

The woman driving the Ford Fusion was taken to a hospital, where she later died; she was the only person inside the Fusion. The only two occupants of the Cadillac were pronounced dead at the scene.

The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s office identified the women in the Cadillac as 57-year-old Sherry Willis and 55-year-old Crystal Fowler. Authorities also identified the driver of the Ford Fusion as 56-year-old Helene Seper.

Catina Willis was a younger sister to Sherry Willis.

“She would always know what to say and when to say it. That was just our sister, she was just happy all the time. Full of joy, full of life. That was Sherry,” she said.

Both women were long-time employees at Serenity Memorial Chapel Funeral Home on Union. Coworkers told News 4 Fowler was the mother of 10 children.

Carmen Fluker said the women mentored her and helped her begin a career in the funeral industry.

“But I’m going to miss, going to miss them,” she said.

Investigators told News 4 that Seper may have experienced a medical event that caused her to lose control and her car to veer into the oncoming lane.

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