Each year, college students return to universities with high hopes for the coming school year. Their thoughts are filled with getting to know new roommates and getting adjusted to their new schedules. They don’t expect to be attacked as they walk across campus. However, this year, as students returned to the University of Illinois, they […]
In a freak accident last week, a lawn service employee was killed while mowing the lawn of Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Charles County, Missouri. The workplace accident occurred when a hydroplaning car skidded off Highway 94, flipping over several times before it struck and killed the lawn service worker. A 5-year employee of the […]
A multi-vehicle accident took place near HIghlands Road and Vivion Road in Kansas City, Missouri earlier this week. While investigators are still working to determine the exact cause of the accident, they are speculating that a maroon SUV driving east on Vivion Road crossed over the center lines and crashed into other cars, according to reports from […]
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 […]
Quick thinking allowed a veteran Virginia State Police trooper to push a highway worker to safety before he and another worker were hit by an out-of-control pickup truck in a construction zone accident yesterday. The three men were conferring on the side of the road when the speeding truck jumped the curb and plowed into the […]
A motorcycle rider suffered critical injuries in a serious St. Louis motorcycle accident that occurred over the weekend. The motorcyclist was struck by a car in a horrific T-bone collision at the intersection of Branch and Broadway in St. Louis. While the occupants of the car were unhurt, the motorcyclist was transported to the hospital with […]
Last year, nursing home workers were caught on tape taunting and physically abusing a 96-year-old woman with dementia. The abuse was filmed by a hidden camera her daughters had placed in the room because they suspected someone of stealing from their mother. The women never imagined that their mother was being subjected to horrible abuse […]
More than 20 incidents of burn injuries and fire-related property damage have prompted Big Lots to recall 30,000 tabletop torches, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced last week. The torches were made in India and sold in two sizes for $8 to $20 at Big Lot stores nationwide between March and June. St. Louis residents […]
The St. Louis music community is mourning the death of a local musician and popular radio show host. The 61-year-old man fell to his death in a freak St. Louis elevator accident during a weekend move into a St. Charles Street loft in downtown St. Louis. The musician and his friends were using the building’s […]
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 […]
