ST. LOUIS COUNTY - Charges have been filed against Jessica Przygoda, a 34-year-old resident of Edwardsville, in connection with a fatal pedestrian accident that occurred on Aug. 23, 2024, on Meramec Station Road in St. Louis County. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced the charges on Thursday, March 13, 2025, alleging that Przygoda left the scene of the accident that resulted in the death of 31-year-old Julisa Cannon. According to the probable cause statement, the incident took place just before 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2024, on Meramec Station Road near Crescent Avenue. Cannon, an employee at a nearby Pizza Hut, was walking home with food when she was struck by Przygoda’s vehicle, a white Ford Edge. After the collision, Przygoda reportedly continued driving south on Meramec Station Road and then onto Interstate 44. The investigation indicates that Przygoda was tracking her son’s device at the time, which was part of her decision to follow her
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