By Ap/KWMU
Riverview, MO – A St. Louis area police officer died Tuesday morning in a car accident involving a patrol car.
It happened near the Chain of Rocks Bridge in north St. Louis County. The officer was with the Riverview Police Department; the name has not been released.
The officer's car hit a telephone pole, flipped onto its top, crashed into the side of a house burst into flames.
Neighbors say the house was vacant.