Scott Cousins Of the Suburban Journals
Granite City Press Record
08/30/2006
The death of a St. Louis woman Sunday afternoon after she ran away from an auto accident on Interstate 270 is still under investigation by the Madison County Coroner's Office and the Illinois State Police. Elizabeth R. Pagan, 38, of the 11500 block of Craig Court, St. Louis, reportedly jumped off the I-270 Canal Bridge after her vehicle struck a flat-bed tow truck in the eastbound lanes of the highway. According to Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn, Pagan's family told authorities she had a long history of mental illness. The incident began just before 5 p.m. Sunday, when Pagan's eastbound 1999 Chevy Blazer ran into the back of the tow truck.
According to witnesses, Pagan got out of her vehicle and ran west in the east-bound lanes, then jumped over the bridge railing to the pavement approximately 75 feet below, striking Old Rock Road about three-fourths of a mile north of West Chain of Rocks Road in Granite City. Witnesses said that before jumping, Pagan did not respond to offers of assistance from others or say anything. Pagan was pronounced dead of multiple traumatic injuries by Madison County Coroner's Investigator Deborah B. Von Nida.
The cause of death was "multiple traumatic injuries." An autopsy was scheduled for Monday, and an inquest will be held after toxicology and other reports are available.
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