ST. LOUIS: Police spent most of today trying to find out why a bloodied man crashed his car into other autos stopped in traffic on the Poplar Street Bridge during rush hour this morning.Shortly after 8 a.m., several drivers sought another -- Illinois State Police Trooper Ralph Timmins, who was also stuck in traffic -- for help. Up ahead in the eastbound lanes was a car that had crashed into several cars. When Timmins looked, he saw a man covered in blood jumping out of the car. The man was running toward the Route 3 exit on foot, but was quickly arrested and taken to a hospital in East St. Louis, Timmins said. Also leaving the car was a woman -- a stripper who reportedly had no pants on, St. Louis police said.Police initially believed the woman was a victim of an assault. Later, the woman told police that she had agreed to go to a motel in the city and have sex with the man for money. The woman told police that after the pair had sex, the man refused to pay her. So, police said, the woman jumped in the man's car and began fighting him as he drove toward Illinois in his car.The woman was taken to a hospital in St. Louis. MagazineLane.com
