15 wrecks in 15 minutes on icy St. Louis highway

An icy stretch of a suburban St. Louis highway is blamed for up to 15 accidents in a 15-minute period.

KMOV-TV reports the accidents happened Friday morning on Highway 364 in Maryland Heights. Both directions of the highway were shut down for a time after the wrecks, but the temperature soon rose and the ice melted.

There were no reports of injuries.

This story was originally published January 10, 2014 at 2:24 PM with the headline "15 wrecks in 15 minutes on icy St. Louis highway."