Jeffrey Allen, a central Illinois man, has been convicted and sentenced for his sixth DUI. He could spend up to 14 years in jail as a result of this latest conviction. His blood alcohol limit was over .19 – more than twice the legal limit in Illinois. Allen was involved in an accident in May […]
The St. Louis Today reports that on Sunday July 1, 2012 the driver of a van that failed to yield when entering Route 60 near Cabool was killed when her van was struck by a pick up truck. A passenger in the van was also killed in the accident. All five passengers in the pickup […]
A construction worker was struck by a dump truck backing up to deliver its load along Interstate 55 outside of Bloomsdale Missouri July 2, 2012. The news report on the St. Louis Today website states that the man was crossing the lanes at the construction site and looked one way but not the other. There […]
On June 29, 2012 St. Louis Today reported on an accident in Festus Missouri that took the life of a husband and wife. A teenaged driver was in a pickup that was going northbound on Highway 61 and investigators say he ran a red light and collided with a Lexus. Both the passengers in the […]
A car hit a truck on a road construction site in Fairview Illinois on May 22. One worker was killed as a result of the accident and two others were injured. The injured workers and the driver of the vehicle were airlifted to St. Louis University Hospital. The workers were standing near a truck that […]
The CDC website has an application that an injured person can access to estimate what their injury will cost them. They have updated work loss estimates and have corrected unit medical cost estimates for injuries treated at emergency rooms for patients released after treatment. Average costs for fatal injuries listed by body part involved are […]
On Wednesday May 2, 2012 a police car that was responding to call was part of an accident involving a school bus. Luckily there were no students aboard the school bus at the time but one of the officers in the cruiser had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. The driver of the […]
A Kirkwood Missouri resident has been charged in the death of a bicycle rider in University City this February. She is charged with both driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter. The driver, Emily C. Hagan, was well over the legal limit in Missouri. Awareness of the heartbreak caused by drunk driving has been responsible […]
The Rolla Daily News reported April 13, 2012 on an auto accident on Interstate 44 that resulted in fatal injuries. The state police are not sure if the inclement weather that day acted as a cause of the accident but it was definitely contributed to many others that day. State trooper Sgt. Dan Crain described […]
Drinking and driving is a dangerous combination which can have life changing consequences in a blink of an eye! Statistics show that in 2009, there were 878 accidents in the state of Missouri. Of those accidents, 358 were alcohol related. Of those that were alcohol related, 300 or 41% resulted in a senseless fatality. Stltoday.com […]
