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...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ SATURDAY
TO 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values 100 to 109 expected.

* WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...From noon CDT /1 PM EDT/ Saturday to 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The first prolonged stretch of heat and
humidity of the season will amplify health impacts. Health impacts
will build with each successive day in the heat and humidity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

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Good Samaritan carjacked while attempting to help crash victims in Perry County, MO

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UPDATE: 3:20 p.m.

One person is in custody after a carjacking Wednesday night. 

The Perry County Sheriff says 22-year-old Victoria Smith, of Memphis, is being held in Arkansas awaiting extradition to Perry County. 

She is facing vehicle hijacking, assault, endangering the welfare of a child and receiving stolen property charges. 

Another suspect is still wanted in this incident. 

ORIGINAL STORY

PERRY COUNTY, MO (WSIL) -- A Good Samaritan was taken to a hospital for injuries after trying to help crash victims in Perry County. 

On Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. the Perry County, Missouri Sheriff's Office received an accident report on I-55.

Before law enforcement arrived, 37-year-old Stephanie Moll, of Perryville, Missouri, came across the accident and saw two black adults, standing next to the accident with an approximately 2-year-old child. She pulled over to offer assistance. 

As Moll was placing the 2 year old into the back seat of her vehicle, to get her out of the weather, the two people got into the front seat of her vehicle and drove off with Moll still partially into the rear of the vehicle. Moll sustained an injury to her right leg, as her vehicle was being stolen and was transported by ambulance to Perry County Memorial Hospital.

The vehicle the two suspects wrecked was a 2013 Nissan Sentra, stolen from Memphis, Tennessee on January 20, 2022.

Upon arrival, Deputies found Moll at the scene and she explained what happened. Ste. Genevieve County the the Missouri State Highway Patrol were notified of the stolen vehicle, and it was seen in Ste. Genevieve County.

The officer tried to catch up to the vehicle, and followed it all the was up to I-270, but it got lost in that area.

Authorities are still working to identify the suspects. The suspect vehicle was found abandoned in Arkansas.Â