Tuesday night, a car collided with a St. Louis police cruiser that was responding to a call for aid, sending the officer and two occupants of the vehicle to the hospital with serious injuries. A third occupant of the car fled the scene on foot. The collision occurred in midtown St. Louis just east of […]
Five people died in Missouri auto accidents over the Memorial Day weekend. Missouri state troopers reported investigating 274 automobile accidents over the three-day holiday weekend in which dozens of people were injured and five people lost their lives. The holiday crackdown on drunk driving resulted in 129 arrests. St. Louis personal injury attorneys noted that […]
On Sunday, a minivan carrying the St. Louis Lady Monarchs girls basketball team to a tournament in Tennessee collided with a car near Nashville. The team’s two adult coaches, 7 of the 16-year-old players and two toddlers traveling with team were injured in the auto accident. While all of the children have been released, the […]
Five adults died yesterday morning and another six were injured when a church van hit the median, crossed back across eastbound lanes and rolled over multiple times as it ran off the highway. The fatal car accident, which occurred near Vandalia, Illinois east of St. Louis, closed I-70 for a while. The Fayette County coroner […]
Last week, a 49-year-old grandmother was found guilty of killing her 19-month-old granddaughter in a 2011 St. Louis drunk driving auto accident. After celebrating the July 4th holiday with friends and family, the woman’s blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit when she sped off a highway exit ramp at 69 mph, […]
Texting has replaced drinking as the No. 1 cause of auto accident deaths among teen drivers. The number of teen deaths and injuries related to texting while driving has skyrocketed. Each year, texting while driving results in an estimated 3,000 teen deaths and 300,000 injuries nationwide, according to a recent study by the Cohen Children’s […]
A baby was killed and her mother seriously injured when a driver plowed into a bus stop in St Louis’ Northwoods neighborhood last month. According to news reports, the driver was on his way to dialysis treatment and may have suffered a diabetic seizure, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. Both the driver […]
A recent East St. Louis accident illustrates why you need a St. Louis personal injury attorney if you’re in an automobile accident or a motorcycle accident. Here’s what happened: A car and motorcycle approached the intersection of Missouri Avenue and 15th Street from opposite directions. When one driver attempted to turn left, the vehicles collided in […]
According to a recent news story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a cyclist over the April 13th weekend has been charged with two counts of aggravated DUI. The driver is facing these very serious charges due to the fact that he was under the influence of […]
The car crash in St. Peters on Saturday April 13, 2013 that took the life of one of the passengers has now claimed the driver as well. Mr. Donald Gemienhart has died as a result of the injuries he suffered when the car he was driving was hit head on by a car that had […]
