ST. LOUIS COUNTY – A woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a car in south St. Louis County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 55-year-old woman was standing in the exit lane of southbound I-55 near Bayless Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Friday night when a 2007 gray BMW drove by.

The driver, a 30-year-old man from Affton, attempted to avoid her but hit her with his front right fender.