There’s no doubt that sports fans are some of the most passionate people out there. Sometimes their passions lead them to commit crimes, such as the tragic event that occurred following a San Francisco Giants game recently. According to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the man, along with his father and brother, attended […]
The Baby Einstein Musical Motion Activity Jumper (Model No. 90564) has been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. An apparent product design defect has injured 61 children as they played with the interactive toys that surround the stationary jumper’s fabric seat. The most commonly reported injuries were facial lacerations and bruises; however, one 7-month-old boy […]
It wasn’t just another walk in the park for one twelve-year-old girl on Sunday evening. It used to be that you could take your children to play in the park without giving it a second thought. Times have changed. Witnesses reported that a crowd of people had gathered around two men in Loretta Hall Park […]
It’s fall festival time in Missouri. The state calendar is packed with county fairs and community festivals that attract families for a weekend of fun. Pioneer Days in Defiance, Seymour’s Apple Festival and Pancake Day in Centerville draw many St. Louis families for a day of food, local entertainment and carnival rides. But these events can […]
This year’s 11th Ride of the Century motorcycle event got off to a tragic start when two participants were killed in separate motorcycle accidents that occurred over the Labor Day weekend. While both St. Louis motorcycle accidents involved Ride of the Century participants, neither crash occurred during Ride events. A St. Charles motorcyclist died Saturday […]
A 17-year-old driver has been charged with reckless homicide, failure to report an accident involving a fatality, speeding, obstruction of justice and several other charges in connection to a fatal hit and run accident near Cahokia last week. A 9-year-old boy was killed when the driver of the car hit the boy’s bike. The car […]
Three people died and 26 were injured last week when a church bus full of young campers and adult counselors crashed just minutes from the church parking lot where parents were waiting to take their children home. The bus driver said the vehicle’s brakes failed as the bus sped down the freeway ramp, crashing into […]
Child safety seats are supposed to protect a vehicle’s most precious cargo — our children. Child safety seats are advertised and purportedly designed to protect infants and young children from injury in vehicle accidents. Parents rely on manufacturers’ claims that these products will protect their children from being killed or seriously injured should the vehicle they […]
A St. Louis man was killed yesterday when a speeding SUV ran a red light and crashed into the car in which he was a passenger. The driver of the car was also critically injured and taken to the hospital. The 36-year-old driver of the speeding SUV that caused the fatal St. Louis auto accident was uninjured. Police […]
A St. Louis man recently died in a deadly industrial accident. The worker apparently became trapped in a packing machine at the north St. Louis Pepsi bottling plant. The accident was discovered by a co-worker returning from a break. Police pronounced the man dead at the scene. Falls are among the most common causes of […]
