Category: Roadway Accidents

Driver Fleeing Police Injures Six

Last Saturday evening a driver in St. Louis crashed into three different cars injuring a total of six people while trying to escape police, one of the victims died at the scene. The driver’s name has not yet been released. According to the news report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch there were two cars, that […]

Written by on October 25, 2012

St. Louis Man Charged in Hit and Run Accident

A St. Louis man who hit two children, injuring one and killing another, has been taken into custody by St. Louis police. The man left the scene of the accident in Pagedale Friday October 5th and he was charged Sunday October 7 according to the St. Louis Dispatch article reporting on the incident. The man […]

Written by on October 18, 2012

Driver Charged with Aggravated Driving Under the Influence

A Cahokia man was arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence and failure to report an accident or death last Wednesday. He surrendered to police, after his mother convinced him to turn himself in, on Monday October 8. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the accident cost the life of a pedestrian from […]

Written by on October 16, 2012

One Man Killed and Three others Injured in St. Peters Auto Accident

A man driving on Salt River road in St. Peters around 6:00 A.M. was killed when his car crossed the center line and struck another vehicle starting a four car accident. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the car clipped one vehicle then struck two others. The standard procedure of having the driver’s blood […]

Written by on October 11, 2012

Woman Dies after Falling from a Motorcycle

A woman who fell from the back of a motorcycle driven by her husband was struck and killed near Fenton on Saturday September 22, 2012. The accident occurred on Highway 141 near Centurion Drive. The motorcycle was traveling in the center lane of Highway 141 at the time of the unfortunate incident.  When another vehicle […]

Written by on October 4, 2012

Four Injured in Crash Involving a Semi Truck and Ambulance

An ambulance that was moving toward a ramp was rear ended by a semi- tractor trailer on Interstate 55 near Hamel Illinois. The ambulance was on the highway to answer an emergency call from a rest stop when it started to turn right from the right hand lane. The only place to turn off was […]

Written by on September 25, 2012

Collinsville Man Killed While Walking his Motorcycle

A Collinsville man who had a problem with his motorcycle was struck and killed by a pick-up truck on the evening of September 4, 2012. The man was turning left at an intersection when his motorcycle stalled and he was hit by the oncoming truck while trying to walk the vehicle out of the way. […]

Written by on September 13, 2012

St. Louis Man Sentenced in Fatal Drunken Driving Incident

The St. Louis Post Dispatch has reported that Hai Minh Pham has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for causing the crash that took the life of John Casalone, aged 51, in October of last year. The defendant was at a birthday party for a coworker that night and entered the wrong lane of Interstate […]

Written by on August 21, 2012

Wrong Way Driver Killed in Collision

Chesterfield police have identified an 18 year old driver who was killed when his car hit two vehicles, including a bus, while going the wrong way on Interstate 64 in Chesterfield. The bus driver and a passenger were injured and the driver of the other car was seriously, but not critically, injured according to the […]

Written by on August 9, 2012

St. Robert Missouri Driver Dies in Collision on Interstate 44

The St. Louis today reports that Michael Kuehl was killed when his vehicle left route Z and crossed over into Interstate route 44 and was hit by a tractor trailer on the evening of July 24, 2012. The driver of the truck was injured and there was a third vehicle hit with some debris. There […]

Written by on August 2, 2012