Tag: car accidents

Three Vehicle Accident Injures Two Women

Usually, when semi-truck accidents are reported, it’s the truck driver who is at fault. Very rarely does the burden of fault fall upon the driver of a four-wheeled car. However, a recent accident was reported on the Area Wide News website, where a semi-truck driver appears to have lessened the severity of an accident that […]

Written by on December 6, 2016

Icy Roads are Sure to Mean an Increase in Car Accidents in St. Louis

Old Man Winter has reared his head, and that means we can expect at least a few months of icy road conditions in St. Louis. In fact, according to a recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, motorists are already experiencing issues on the roads. Interstate roads 64, 55 and 70 were all affected by […]

Written by on January 8, 2015

More Accidents Being Caused by Sleep Deprived Driving

Eight children and two adults from Chicago were injured in a car crash that occurred Sunday, November 2 at approximately 7:32 a.m. in Monroe County. Two children were seriously injured. Martell Kaywood, 5-years old, was flown to a St. Louis hospital. A fatal crash on November 5 was also due to sleep deprived driving. Donald […]

Written by on November 27, 2014

Fatal Crash in Franklin County Kills Motorcyclist

With the warm weather here, we’ve been seeing motorcycles all around the St. Louis area. Unfortunately, this also means that there are going to be motorcycle accidents that result in injury or even death for some motorcyclists. One such accident occurred this past week in Franklin County, and it resulted in the death of a […]

Written by on June 24, 2014

St. Louis Man Crashes after Assaulting Wife on the Highway

Car crashes that involve small children are traumatic enough without adding a domestic assault and a police chase. However, that is exactly what happened this week when the Berkley Police Department received reports of a husband and wife fighting on the side of a St. Louis highway. Once police officers arrived on the scene, the man […]

Written by on June 10, 2014

Police Chase Results in Car Crashing into Parked St. Louis Vehicles

You’ve probably been enjoying the warm weather we’ve been having in St. Louis. In fact, you’ve been enjoying it so much that you decide to take a little trip down to Riverview Boulevard, perhaps to take a little walk, and just bask in the sunshine. You just exit your vehicle when a car comes around the […]

Written by on June 3, 2014

3-Car Crash Kills Edwardsville Woman

Each year, automobile accidents account for the deaths or injuries of too many Missouri residents. An Edwardsville woman recently died in Madison County after being involved in an accident with a twenty-three-year-old man, driving an SUV, and a third juvenile driver. The woman died at the scene of the accident, while the other two drivers […]

Written by on May 22, 2014

St. Louis Woman Injured When Car Flips on Highway

Emergency crews were called to the scene of a car accident on Highway 141 on Thursday morning after a woman crashed and flipped her vehicle around 7:30 in the morning, according to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. Authorities are still in the process of reconstructing exactly what happened, and the details are unclear. […]

Written by on May 1, 2014

Should Speed Cameras Be Used In St. Louis?

In 2012, legislation was introduced in the State of Illinois that allows speed cameras to be used in cities where the population is more than 1 million people. This limits the use of these cameras to Chicago, only. However, according to an article on the KSDK.com website, Rep. Jay Hoffman has introduced legislation that would […]

Written by on April 1, 2014

Multiple Car Accidents Prompt US Government To Investigate General Motors

There have been 31 front-end car accidents that have resulted in the deaths of 13 people in recent months due to ignition switch defects in various types of GM vehicles. Automakers are required to report potential problems within five days of discovering them, and the ignition switch defect is a problem that GM has been […]

Written by on March 18, 2014