Unfortunately, many car accidents in St. Louis occur because the driver of the vehicle was driving recklessly. According to a recent article on StLouisToday.com, that’s exactly what took place in August near Bridlewood Valley. The twenty-year-old driver was later charged with a misdemeanor after the accident occurred. There were three people in the vehicle, and […]
Women drivers between the ages of 21 and 30 are at greatest risk of dying in a St. Louis auto accident. Compared to young men, women drivers are 25.9% more likely to be involved in a fatal car accident, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study on the role age and gender play […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 who was arrested last fall in a road rage incident has received a suspended 5 year sentence but will spend thirty days in jail for aiming a handgun at another driver in a road rage incident. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on March 4 that the man in question was making a left […]
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. […]
