Tag: car crash

Two Elderly people Fatally Injured in a Head on Collision

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 […]

Written by on April 23, 2013

Driver in Home Fatality Gets Additional Charges

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. […]

Written by on March 28, 2013

Kirkwood Woman Gets Three Years for Fatal Accident

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 […]

Written by on March 21, 2013

Fleeing Driver Causes Accident on Highway 67

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 […]

Written by on March 19, 2013

Missouri Texting Law May Be Working

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 […]

Written by on March 7, 2013

Wrong Way Driver Dies in St. Louis Accident

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that a man who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 55 near Sidney Street was killed after his car collided with another vehicle in an accident on.  The driver had been traveling southbound on I-55 on February 24 before entering the northbound lanes and striking the other vehicle. […]

Written by on March 5, 2013

Two Accident Victims Die in Franklin County Crash

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that two drivers were killed when their vehicles were involved in an accident on Highway 100.  According to details from the Missouri Highway Patrol the accident occurred on February 13, 2013 when one of the vehicles crossed over the center line and hit the other vehicle head on.  Police […]

Written by on February 19, 2013

One Dead and One Injured in Car Accident in St. Louis

According to a recent report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch one man was killed and another was injured in a collision at an intersection in St. Louis on February 4, 2013.  The impact was so violent that one driver suffered fatal injuries after being thrown completely from his vehicle. The other driver involved was taken […]

Written by on February 14, 2013

One Vehicle Crash takes the Life of the Operator

On Saturday February 2nd a tractor trailer operator lost control of his truck exiting Interstate 44 and entering Interstate 270 and has died in the crash involving no other vehicles.  According to the news story published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the police believe the sudden snow may have had something to do with the […]

Written by on February 12, 2013

Toyota Issues Recall of Over 1 Million Vehicles

The Toyota Motor Corporation has issued a recall of 907,000 vehicles that have faulty airbags and another 385,000 Lexus IS vehicles for faulty windshield wipers. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported on January 30, 2013 that most of the airbags were in Corolla models or Corolla Matrix models manufactured between 2001 and 2004. The airbags […]

Written by on February 7, 2013