One dead after Cape Girardeau crash

A woman injured in a Thursday morning crash at the intersection of Broadway and Clark Avenue in Cape Girardeau has succumbed to her injuries. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton says 81-year old Florence James of Cape Girardeau died at Saint Francis Medical Center after being injured when the car she was driving was struck by a minivan. Cape Girardeau Police Department patrolman Jay Freeman was working the scene. He says a silver Dodge Caravan Sport was northbound on Clark Avenue when the crash happened. He was unsure of the direction of travel of the other vehicle, a maroon Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight. The driver of the Dodge told him he went through a green light and didn’t know where the Oldsmobile came from. He refused medical treatment. Battalion chief Mark Starnes of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department says an elderly female passenger in the Oldsmobile was transported to a local hospital. Her condition is unknown.