Automobile Accidents

• School Bus Overturns, All Passengers Taken to Hospital

  Jenny Albano | October 10, 2007 8:41 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A school bus overturned Tuesday, October 10 on the way to a high school volley ball game. All 31 passengers on the bus were transported to the hospital.10 of the students were flown by helicopter to local hospitals, but none of the injuries were thought to be life-threatening.The bus was carrying students from Viburnum High School in southeast Missouri to nearby Lesterville. A woman answering...

• Man and Child Killed in Pedestrian Accident

  Mark Bronson | August 07, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A man was killed in a pedestrian accident while crossing the street with his granddaughter in the near northside of St. Louis recently. The girl suffered severe injuries and subsequently died of her injuries. Ronald Jones and his granddaughter Aryanna were crossing Kingshighway when they were hit by a southbound car.An officer with the accident reconstruction team said it was not immediately...

• Car and Truck Accident in Missouri Leaves One Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A man driving a Ford Focus hit another car on Interstate 44. The collision forced him into anther lane where he collided with a semi-truck. The 21-year-old man was driving west when the car and truck accident happened. A man from Evansville, Ind., was killed in a three-vehicle accident at 12:40 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 44 just east of the exit for the Six Flags amusement park, the Missouri...

• St. Louis Hit and Run Accident Leaves One Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | April 20, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A 19-year-old student at Southwestern Illinois Community College was killed in a hit and run accident in St. Louis on Sunday. The accident happened on I-70 near St. Louis Avenue and involved three cars.The victim lost control of her vehicle, a Nissan Altima, after she was rear-ended by a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo, causing her to collide with the median and another vehicle.The driver of the...

• Missouri's Seat Belt Law May Be Changed

  Shannon Weidemann | February 18, 2007 12:13 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  The House Transportation Committee voted 7 to 1 to send a bill to the House floor that would allow police officers to stop cars where occupants were not wearing seat belts. Current law allows police to write a $10 ticket for not wearing a seat belt, but only if an officer notices the violation after making a traffic stop for another reason.The bill would also require anyone for whom there is a...