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 […]
An 86-year-old man is in the hospital in critical condition after being run down in a north St. Louis hit-and-run accident last week. The man was returning home from a dentist appointment when he was hit attempting to cross the street at the intersection of Natural Bridge Avenue and North Newstead Avenue. The driver, a 21-year-old […]
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 Missouri Legislature has proposals before both the state senate and house designed to correct the language in the Missouri Failure to Yield the Right of Way law. This newly corrected law will increase penalties for those who have been involved in accidents where right of way was not yielded properly. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]
The St. Louis Post Dispatch has reported that the driver of a vehicle that caused a fatal accident on March 14th was trying to get away from another accident he was involved in. The second accident took the life of the driver in the other vehicle and two other passengers were in critical condition after […]
A Godfrey man who drove an SUV into a home, killing one of the people who lived there, has been charged with more crimes. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch article published March 19, 2013 the driver was under the influence of marijuana, cocaine, anxiety medication and alcohol when he crashed into the home. […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that a driver of a car that struck and killed a bicyclist last year was sentenced to three years imprisonment. The sentence is the result of a plea bargain and the Kirkwood woman may be eligible for parole in one year. The incident was brought to trial because the […]
A man driving a Silverado pick-up truck turned onto highway 67 going the wrong way and hit another vehicle causing it to overturn about one mile past the Clark Bridge. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report on March 12 the driver of the pick up truck was a suspect in a home invasion in […]
A St. Louis woman who was found unresponsive behind the wheel of her car after causing a head on collision has been charged with many offenses, including DUI and two counts of felony assault. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the accused was driving the wrong way on Route 40/61 and that when the […]
According to a Columbia Missourian story reprinted in the St Louis Post-Dispatch the Missouri law against texting by young drivers has not yet resulted in many tickets being written. The story does pass on the sentiment that it is a hard law to enforce, maybe because of the fact that those violating the law may […]
