Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Kansas City Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 23-year-old man driving a motorcycle on Interstate 635 caused a car accident after he was driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed. He hit a Chevy Cavalier with four people inside. The accident happened in Wyandotte County in Kansas. No one in the Cavalier was injured. All were wearing their seat belts. The accident occurred about 10:30 p.m.The police are investigating the...

• Defective Product Suits Cost Ford Millions

  Staff Writer | February 16, 2006 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ford's litigation policy of refusing to settle defective product claims reportedly cost the automaker over $255 Million. Hopefully these large jury verdicts will send a message that the public is not going to tolerate corporate irresponsibility any longer. You can read more about this story in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.I believe that large corporations adopt this type of strategy hoping that...

• Rear-End Collision - Who is at Fault?

  Staff Writer | February 01, 2006 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you rear-end another vehicle can you maintain a viable claim against that driver? Recently, a prospective client contacted me with this question. In that case, driver 1's car stopped running and was stationary in the right hand lane of traffic on a bridge. Driver 2, was an SUV that failed to stop in time and struck Driver 1. Driver 3 (prospective client) was in a small car behind the SUV...

• Jefferson County Man Killed in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 16, 2007 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man driving south on U.S. 11 was killed after he hit a utility pole. The victim was 24-years-old. The accident was in Pikeside, West Virginia around 2 a.m. A woman who was riding with Jackson in the 1992 Dodge Caravan left the scene and was found at a house, Kearns said. The passenger is not being identified because her age and address were not available Sunday. The woman was hurt, but her...

• Man Injured in Car Accident Taken to Hospital by Helicopter

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2007 8:29 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A traffic accident in Leavenworth resulted in an 18-year-old man being airlifted to a hospital in Kansas City. He was ejected from the car he was a passenger in. The accident was reported shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday at 18th Street and U.S. 73. The accident occurred when a northbound Saturn sedan crossed in front of a westbound pickup truck, according to Maj. Pat Kitchens, deputy chief of...

• School Bus Overturns, All Passengers Taken to Hospital

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

  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...

• Jefferson City Car Accident Injures Three

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in Jefferson City sent three people to the hospital early Monday morning. The accident happened on Tanner Boulevard when two cars going opposite directions hit one another. The southbound vehicle crossed the center line, skidding into the passenger side of a northbound car. His vehicle then was pushed into another vehicle parked on the road.The driver in the first vehicle was...

• Truck Accident Closes Lanes on 57

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A tractor-trailer rollover on I-57 in Illinois closed the northbound passing lane for most of Thursday morning last week. The accident occurred just after midnight, and the driver escaped serious injury. Crews were forced to close all northbound lanes of 57 for about 15 minutes later in the day while workers removed the overturned semi. Officials were still investigating the cause of the...

• Missouri Police May Reduce Fatal Car Chases with New Device

  Shannon Weidemann | February 25, 2007 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police car chases can sometimes end in fatal car accidents for innocent bystanders. The Missouri State Legislator is considering two bills that may help reduce the number of fatal accidents. The StarChase Device will allow a police officer to tag a car and track it from a safe distance. Rep. Jeff Roorda, a 17-year veteran of the Kimmswick and Arnold police departments, is sponsoring two...

• Missouri's Seat Belt Law May Be Changed

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

  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...