Criminal Charges Pending In Chesterfield Fatal Car Crash

Criminal charges may be forthcoming in a Chesterfield car crash February 21 that killed Missouri Baptist University freshman Clayton Pfeiffer.

Local authorities said late Monday that the police investigation had been sent to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office, sometime since last Friday.

The county prosecutor would typically decide whether to charge in the case. Robert P. McCulloch is the county prosecutor, based in Clayton.

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Two Californians injured in the three-car crash on Olive Road at Creve Coeur Mill, were both treated and released from local hospitals police said earlier. 

The pair were in a black 2012 Infiniti SUV that apparently crossed into oncoming westbound traffic on Olive and slammed head-on into a silver 1998 Honda Accord, killing the driver Clayton Pfeiffer, 18.

The driver of a white 2007 Dodge truck, Jerome Drapp, 46, of St. Louis, was not injured when the SUV clipped the truck before hitting Pfeiffer's car, Chesterfield police said.

The driver of the SUV Dale Kawamura, 35, and passenger Steven Hammer, 32, are both from Oakland, CA. 

Hammer was treated and released the morning after the crash. Kawamura was released some time after that, officials said.

It was not immediately clear what contributed to the wrong-way manuever in the collision. Also, it was unclear whether the pair of Californians remained in the St. Louis area.

. Traffic was tied up for several hours afterward. 

Pfeiffer, a South County resident, was taken to hospital from the crash, but later pronounced dead. He is a 2011 graduate of St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood. He played second base for the school's baseball team, taking it to a championship in May 2011. 

A funeral mass for Pfeiffer was Saturday, February 25 at St. John Vianney. Pfeiffer is from Affton, in South County.